Iowa Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Iowa wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Iowa region.

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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	2	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	20	18	8	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	9	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	8	15
Energy(?)	855	1186	171	1317	1113	551	945	745	318	400	216	134	201	233	207	207	315	174	222	191	217	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:40PM 1.80		6:09AM 2.39		7:41PM 1.58	6:49AM 2.47		8:30PM 1.55	11:20AM 2.36		9:19PM 1.50	8:13AM 2.41		10:49PM 1.46	9:36AM 2.22		11:06PM 1.39	n/a n/a		12:09AM 1.38	11:04AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 0.12		1:16PM -0.08	12:28AM 0.85		2:02PM -0.16	1:07AM 0.89	5:23AM -0.07	4:59PM -0.55	1:48AM 0.94		4:13PM -0.06	3:15AM 0.99		5:00PM 0.09	3:15AM 1.07	n/a n/a	5:15PM 0.25			6:39PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	4	20	20	18	20	19	23	20	17	25	21	18	23	23	20	22	22	20	9	23
Low °C	19	16	3	20	19	17	19	19	21	18	16	24	20	17	21	22	19	20	21	19	9	22
Chill °C (?)	21	18	-1	20	20	18	20	19	23	20	17	25	21	18	23	23	20	22	22	20	6	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	4:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	4:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 E	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	20	18	8	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	9	13	12	12	11	14	13	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SE	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	14	13	13	14	15	12	5	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	4	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	1.2 N	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNE	-	0.3 NW	-	0.9 NNE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	7	5	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	2	2	-	5	-	4	4

	Tuesday 02				Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	4PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	4PM	7PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	7PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	8	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	7	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	214	515	988	1059	1186	1430	1358	1261	284	227	1165	1059	1113	1120	1191	1119	698	299	605	561	745	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:51PM 1.57				6:09AM 2.39					7:41PM 1.58			7:34AM 2.41			n/a n/a		8:30PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)					11:47PM 0.81								1:20AM 0.85					n/a n/a			1:58AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	3	0	17	16	20	19	19	20	19	-8	18	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	0	-4	17	16	20	19	19	20	19	-11	18	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:23	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	8	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	-	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	10	8	12	10	11	11	14	10	14	-	13	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	4	4	11	11	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	5	10	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02												Wednesday 03
	2PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 E	0.5 SE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	2.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	6	5	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	7	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	234	340	751	875	865	855	987	947	119	19	1081	1059	1234	1220	1369	1277	1319	571	1430	1371	1293	1445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:19PM 1.91									n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			12:32PM 0.09											12:41AM 0.82				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	10	-1	18	18	20	20	20	20	17	0	16	16	20	20
Chill °C (?)	24	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	7	-8	18	18	20	20	20	20	17	-7	16	16	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 E	0.5 SE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	12	20	20	20	20	19	19	15	5	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	-	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 SE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	21	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	6	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	-	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.2 E	1.0 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	2.4 SW	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	11	7	11	-	4	4

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