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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	1.6 NNE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	16	10	15	15	14	14	9	12	16	14	11	15	16	13	13	14	14	10	20	20
Energy(?)	183	346	427	282	488	324	363	366	1499	681	243	223	150	110	218	172	149	158	169	26	118	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:59PM 1.78		7:27AM 1.56	10:07PM 2.83	10:42AM 2.66			7:29AM 1.26	7:33PM 0.97		12:27PM 0.74			8:59AM 0.91	8:45AM 2.12		9:45PM 1.59			9:43PM 1.36	9:28AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06PM 0.72		1:15AM 0.07	1:27PM 0.18	4:17AM 0.12		5:11PM 0.09	1:09AM 0.01	1:51PM 0.26		1:31AM 0.12	5:45AM 0.07	2:14PM 0.12	3:01PM 0.25			3:30PM 0.23	2:52AM 0.81	9:01AM 0.10	3:33PM 0.08	2:43AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	21	13	25	22	25	29	14	27	25	23	27	25	21	22	29	22	25	16	21	23
Low °C	15	14	20	13	24	20	23	28	13	27	24	21	26	23	17	18	28	18	23	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	21	13	25	22	25	29	12	27	25	23	27	25	21	22	29	22	25	16	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:57	6:05	-	-	5:37	-	6:35	6:02	-	6:46	6:02	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 NNE	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.8 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	9	16	10	15	15	14	14	-	12	14	14	11	15	14	13	13	6	14	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.2 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	7	-	11	4	18	10	-	9	13	5	8	16	16	16	7	14	18	10	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	3.0 W	0.5 E	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NE	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	3	5	3	-	5

	Friday 17					Saturday 18									Sunday 19
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	5AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Madaket Massachusetts	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.6 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	11	12	15	12	14	14	14	6	14	14	14
Energy(?)	349	343	272	334	252	562	514	607	1397	506	434	367	342	455	1470	320	368	296	51	378	363	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:12AM 1.76				9:17PM 2.82			5:57AM 1.12									7:47AM 1.97				7:51PM 1.58	8:10PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 0.30				4:04AM 0.12			12:08PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	22	22	11	9	8	12	15	16	17	12	19	21	26	20	21	24	27	24	27	21
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	22	9	7	6	11	15	16	17	12	19	21	26	20	21	24	27	24	27	21
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.6 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	11	12	15	12	14	14	14	6	14	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 S	1.2 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	15	-	-	13	13	12	12	-	11	11	14	11	10	13	-	18	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	3	3	4	5

	Friday 17																		Saturday 18
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	7PM	11PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Madaket Massachusetts	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.7 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.9 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	12	9	17	9	17	17	16	5	16	16	16
Energy(?)	288	352	274	270	98	556	527	162	443	177	178	510	183	493	620	479	464	499	33	330	482	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:06AM 1.46							5:33PM 1.05				6:59PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:02AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	21	13	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	22	25	21	21	21	25	21	24	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	21	11	14	14	15	13	13	13	10	14	22	25	21	21	21	25	21	24	20
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	8	8	8	9	15	9	9	12	9	17	13	17	17	16	-	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	11	11	9	9	9	16	-	15	15	-	15	11	14	11	11	11	-	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 NNW	1.7 NE	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.2 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	1.9 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	4	9	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	4	4	5	-	-	-

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