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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	Friday 01			Sat		Sun				Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu		Fri
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	3	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	1.0 S	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	8	11	7	16	12	15	15	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	13
Energy(?)	224	545	468	52	642	146	505	586	223	350	405	314	371	775	480	566	648	485	365	481	137	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:06AM 0.25		3:14PM 1.69			4:29PM 1.74		6:59AM 1.07			7:29AM 1.20	6:24PM 1.96		8:28AM 1.32	7:07PM 2.08		8:23AM 1.42	7:20PM 1.77		9:04AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				8:31AM 0.76		11:59PM 0.69			1:28AM 0.45	12:21PM 0.65	12:13AM 0.35		1:00PM 0.53		1:56AM 0.26	12:55PM 1.02		7:17PM -0.07			2:55AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	26	30	23	33	32	25	30	30	23	25	28	25	26	30	23	26	32	24	26	29	26	26
Low °C	23	29	22	28	30	21	28	29	22	24	27	22	23	30	21	24	31	23	25	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	26	30	23	33	32	25	30	30	23	25	28	25	26	30	23	26	32	24	26	29	26	26
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	6:26	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	6:16	5:58
Sunset	-	7:24	-	8:19	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	14	8	11	5	16	12	9	15	14	8	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	10	10	13	9	8	16	15	8	8	17	13	14	5	6	13	6	6	7	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SE	1.1 WNW	1.3 ENE	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	8	5	7	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	9	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01						Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	3	20	15	15	12	12	14	18	8	3	18	13	13	16	13	3	12	16	15	15
Energy(?)	392	224	2	436	649	431	665	650	502	701	52	4	475	359	381	524	760	8	513	624	422	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									5:34AM 1.13		3:34PM 1.68									3:42PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	6:23AM 0.96					10:36PM 0.83				8:31AM 0.76		4:56PM -0.02			11:59PM 0.69				11:15AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	22	26	30	26	25	23	21	20	22	27	28	30	22	22	21	26	22	29	26	29	24	27
Chill °C (?)	22	26	30	26	25	23	21	20	22	27	28	30	22	22	21	26	22	29	26	29	24	27
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.3 ESE	-	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	-	10	12	10	12	12	10	11	8	-	10	5	10	16	13	-	12	16	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	15	15	5	14	14	14	14	10	-	13	10	5	8	16	-	16	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	3	5	6	6	-	6	3	-	-	6	-

	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	7PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SE	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	3	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	4	3	15	15	15	20	15	3	15	15	12	14
Energy(?)	404	299	3	296	324	320	314	481	390	381	34	2	513	546	649	576	449	2	421	406	665	405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	30	24	26	27	28	30	25	27	30	30	24	27	25	28	23	29	21	28	21	28
Chill °C (?)	20	22	30	24	26	27	28	30	25	27	30	30	24	27	25	28	23	29	21	28	21	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	-	16	16	16	16	15	10	15	12	-	10	12	12	9	11	-	15	15	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.1 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	15	11	12	-	15	15	15	15	5	-	10	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.9 SE	0.3 SW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 W	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	3	6	4	3	3	5	5	-	-	3	4	-	5	-

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