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

	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon		Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	13	13	15	14	12	8	14	11	16	10	9	15	9	9	14	5	8	10	15
Energy(?)	316	133	258	227	205	226	200	234	356	185	146	258	334	188	246	88	95	172	63	105	268	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.54	7:47PM 2.02		8:31AM 1.82		8:01AM 0.92			8:54PM 1.94	9:09AM 1.96		8:59PM 1.62	9:29AM 2.00	9:34PM 0.81	9:33PM 1.58	9:48AM 2.01		10:27PM 1.57	10:08AM 1.98		10:57PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 0.25	1:38PM 0.66		2:18AM 0.28		2:18PM 0.58		2:18PM 0.13	2:49PM 0.48	3:00AM 0.44		2:52PM 0.37	2:52AM 0.50		3:31AM 0.15	3:34AM 0.13		4:21PM 0.42	3:48AM 0.76		4:53PM 0.48	3:59AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-
High °C	27	29	30	27	30	30	28	28	23	26	27	27	17	28	27	28	25	28	19	28	28	25
Low °C	25	28	29	25	29	29	25	28	21	24	26	27	16	28	26	28	24	27	15	28	28	22
Chill °C (?)	27	29	30	27	30	30	28	28	23	26	27	27	17	28	27	28	25	28	19	28	28	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:07	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	6:32	-	7:01	6:31	-	6:54	6:30	-	7:00	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	8	13	13	13	15	5	12	12	5	11	16	10	9	15	9	9	14	8	8	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 E	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 NW	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	8	8	5	5	13	14	8	-	12	-	11	12	9	11	9	4	11	-	8	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.5 E	1.3 NW	1.0 E	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 E	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	8	6	6	5	4	-	5	5	-	4	5	-	-	-

	Thu		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	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
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	322	389	316	309	305	260	146	109	228	267	227	263	259	196	127	218	188	218	200	185	182	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:09PM 1.99					8:13AM 1.72		7:13PM 0.89	7:47PM 2.02					8:31AM 1.82				8:22PM 2.00				8:50AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			1:54AM 0.25													2:14PM 0.11				2:40AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	26	25	25	28	29	28	27	26	25	25	26	29	28	30	28	27	26	25	25	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	26	25	25	28	29	28	27	26	25	25	26	29	28	30	28	27	26	25	25	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	15	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	8	11	4	11	8	6	8	14	5	5	7	7	5	7	14	13	14	14	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	-	5	5	6

	Thursday 18						Friday 19
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	3AM	4AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	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
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	426	469	322	321	316	316	172	138	316	316	309	387	304	309	179	205	260	260	260	268	267	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 1.63	7:09PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)									1:54AM 0.25												1:46PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	26	26	25	26	26	25	28	29	27	28	28	29	30	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	26	26	25	26	26	25	28	29	27	28	28	29	30	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 NW	0.5 NNE	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	10	11	8	9	11	11	4	8	8	11	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	3	3	3	4	5	8	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	3	4

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