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

	Sat	Sun		Mon				Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	2	3	1	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	1.3 NE	0.5 S	1.6 NE	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	13	8	8	6	5	6	12	6	13	21	16	8	19	5	13	18	5	6	16	16	16	15
Energy	432	103	61	235	21	206	632	62	280	564	254	320	508	12	253	452	2	44	407	313	315	358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 2.44		8:38PM 1.43	n/a n/a	10:26AM 0.41	n/a n/a	9:48PM 2.34	11:13AM 0.40		9:41PM 1.75	11:55AM 1.16	n/a n/a	11:26PM 1.99	12:50PM 0.31		12:32AM 1.76		1:33AM 1.01	2:06AM 1.56		4:29PM 1.13	3:54AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	3:34AM -0.10	5:56PM -0.05	3:29AM -0.14	n/a n/a		n/a n/a			4:25PM 0.44		5:34AM 0.10	n/a n/a			6:21PM 0.71				8:42PM 1.23	9:35AM 0.39		10:40PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	25	26	13	24	14	17	25	19	25	20	6	19	25	19	18	25	14	18	19	20	19
Low °C	15	25	23	12	24	11	15	24	19	23	17	4	16	24	19	15	25	9	16	17	19	16
Chill °C (?)	18	25	26	11	24	13	16	25	19	25	20	3	19	25	19	18	25	13	18	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.1 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	5	4	12	6	13	12	12	-	14	9	13	12	-	6	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	-	8	-	-	-	13	-	12	16	16	-	10	9	17	18	-	10	11	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	0.7 S	1.3 NE	0.5 SSE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.6 WNW	1.7 NW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 W	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	5	6	4	6	-	-	4	-	4	8	-	5	3	-	5	-	-	-	3	4

	Sat		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	11PM	5AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Union Bay Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	10	10	8	8	4	8	14	7	13	13	5	5	13	13	12	12	12	12	6
Energy	285	448	432	487	498	72	103	3	60	333	214	760	704	170	22	470	342	719	632	625	561	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	-	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:26PM 2.44				12:19PM 2.75				8:28PM 1.95	n/a n/a			n/a n/a				9:48PM 2.34				11:13AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)				3:34AM -0.10							n/a n/a	4:22AM -0.07		n/a n/a		3:43PM 0.30					5:14AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	16	27	25	24	17	25	17	15	16	11	24	18	25	17	16	15	16	25
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	15	16	27	25	24	17	25	16	14	16	11	24	17	25	17	16	15	16	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	8	8	-	8	14	-	13	13	7	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	13	13	8	-	-	15	12	-	15	12	-	-	18	4	13	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 N	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.4 NE	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	10	-	-	4	3	-	7	-	-	5	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	3AM	5AM	3AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	10AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	254	347	285	400	342	448	448	379	432	430	548	487	518	517	498	498	383	72	72	103	103	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	9:20AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)											3:34AM -0.10											5:56PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	28	16	27	27	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	27	26	26	25	24
Chill °C (?)	17	28	15	27	27	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	27	26	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	18	11	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.4 W	1.2 W	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-

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