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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	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	12	14	8	13	14	4	16	16	10	15	15	13	13	14	13	12	12	7	11	12
Energy(?)	795	241	86	145	209	185	58	11	93	86	52	190	72	78	79	223	158	569	355	140	223	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:55AM 1.72		4:36PM 1.27		4:27AM 1.82	6:29PM 1.33		6:22AM 1.40	6:28PM 1.36		5:58AM 1.62	7:55PM 1.32		8:33AM 1.95	5:44PM 0.64	8:03PM 1.30	6:27AM 2.12		8:11PM 1.43	7:42AM 2.13		8:43PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		10:57AM 0.80		9:42PM 0.91	11:37AM 0.62		12:02AM 0.46	12:51PM 0.33		11:01PM 1.00	1:14PM 0.27		12:27AM 1.00			1:41AM 0.38		1:43PM 0.17	12:38AM 0.99		2:15PM 0.14	1:08AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	25	23	23	24	20	-6	24	21	7	24	21	24	25	20	23	21	17	15	21	18
Low °C	21	22	23	21	22	21	20	-10	22	19	6	22	19	21	22	17	21	19	17	14	19	16
Chill °C (?)	21	24	25	23	23	24	20	-12	24	21	4	24	21	24	25	20	23	21	17	14	21	18
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	12	14	8	13	12	-	16	5	10	15	5	13	13	14	13	12	12	7	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	4	16	4	7	14	4	-	12	12	7	10	15	5	8	13	13	10	12	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	-	3	5	4	4	-	4	5	-	-	3	4	4	12	-	4	3	-

	Fri		Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	9	13	12	12	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	484	457	451	430	401	733	202	201	345	283	79	84	400	122	206	106	169	130	58	242	81	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:55AM 1.72					4:36PM 1.27				5:11AM 1.77		3:27PM 0.70		5:41PM 1.32				4:57AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		8:55PM 0.83					11:25AM 0.59			9:42PM 0.91									10:24PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	18	18	18	21	24	22	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	21	20	20	21	20	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	18	18	21	24	22	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	21	20	20	21	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	9	13	12	4	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	4	4	4	11	12	12	12	11	4	4	4	9	10	7	14	14	12	4	9	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	3	4	4	-	5	4	5	5

	Friday 12						Saturday 13
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	16	15	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	486	485	484	478	457	753	268	268	451	446	106	104	790	209	70	250	414	413	408	649	419	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												4:38AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					8:55PM 0.83														10:57AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	18	18	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	22	23	22	24	24
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	18	18	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	22	23	22	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	16	15	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	4	11	11	11	4	4	4	4	12	11	6	4	11	11	11	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 E	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	4

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