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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 ESE	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 ESE	0.9 WNW	1.8 S	1.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	9	12	12	9	11	10	11	11	9	12	13	13	12	16	11	11	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	100	251	103	348	285	572	254	656	427	46	34	176	271	240	99	31	139	122	137	135	79	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:47AM 1.55		8:11PM 1.43	6:59AM 2.16		8:43PM 1.42	7:57AM 2.19		8:28PM 1.55	8:03AM 2.16		9:50PM 1.38	9:17AM 2.09		9:18PM 0.69	9:40AM 0.99		11:41PM 1.43	10:27AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	3:03PM 0.07	11:41PM 0.05		1:43PM 0.17	12:38AM 0.99		2:15PM 0.14	1:08AM 0.98		3:28PM 0.02	2:45AM 0.03		3:21PM 0.17	2:10AM 0.99		3:39PM 0.21	3:01AM 0.19		3:43PM 0.07	4:18AM 1.02		5:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	21	23	21	25	22	0	-1	25	6	11	22	21	23	25	20	21	22	20	26	22
Low °C	21	17	20	21	20	25	21	-2	-3	23	5	8	21	20	21	23	19	21	21	20	23	21
Chill °C (?)	24	20	21	23	21	25	22	-8	-6	25	1	8	22	21	23	25	20	21	22	20	26	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:25	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 ESE	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 ESE	0.9 WNW	1.8 S	1.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	9	12	12	9	11	10	11	11	9	6	13	13	12	4	11	11	10	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.6 ESE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	13	-	12	9	18	11	-	11	8	-	12	14	10	17	16	16	15	15	14	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	-	1.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	6	3	3	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	2PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	4PM	5PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Topsail Island Carolina North	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 SE	0.6 W	1.8 SE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	10	14	14	13	13	12	7	12	7	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	11	12	12
Energy(?)	74	224	271	198	251	263	280	312	318	157	527	329	299	303	328	517	463	414	200	200	236	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.87		7:39PM 1.43			6:27AM 2.12				7:06PM 1.55	8:11PM 1.43			7:42AM 2.13					9:23PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)					12:07AM 1.00				1:19PM 0.15	2:26PM 0.07			12:38AM 0.99				1:37PM 0.21				1:57AM 0.96	1:08AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	11	21	20	19	18	17	22	19	22	20	20	20	21	20	25	24	23	11	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	23	9	21	20	19	18	17	22	19	22	20	20	20	21	20	25	24	23	10	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SE	0.6 W	1.4 SE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	6	6	14	14	13	13	12	7	12	7	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	10	10	4	13	10	7	13	9	12	-	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	1.5 SE	0.3 WNW	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	10	5	4	-	-	-	7	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17										Thu	Wed		Thursday 18
	12PM	3PM	4PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	8AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Topsail Island Carolina North	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.4 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	10	14	14	14	15	8	8	8	9	14	14	13
Energy(?)	72	24	49	134	109	100	76	79	31	122	79	198	216	254	168	569	561	572	27	234	234	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										8:03PM 1.30								6:22AM 0.98			7:11AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)				1:12PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	10	20	25	25	24	23	22	19	21	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	23	15	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	21	7	20	25	25	24	23	22	19	21	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	23	15	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:09	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	5	13	13	13	13	4	10	13	10	14	14	14	13	9	8	8	9	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 W	0.4 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	10	9	9	8	8	13	5	16	4	4	4	13	15	14	-	-	11	5	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	4	4	4	-	4	9	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

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