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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	The Wall New Hampshire	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 ESE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	2.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	1.4 ENE
Period(s)	16	15	15	13	16	14	16	9	16	9	11	9	10	14	9	9	9	10	10	16	9	6
Energy	153	141	188	241	193	221	133	295	135	196	259	965	162	98	641	524	242	226	399	122	105	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 1.78	5:30AM 0.81	6:02PM 0.85			7:24AM 1.70	7:29PM 1.99	8:19PM 2.08	8:02AM 1.69		7:41AM 0.70	n/a n/a		8:11PM 2.13	9:12AM 1.62		8:34PM 2.15	9:45AM 1.55		1:12PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.51		11:39AM 0.15		12:03AM 0.07	1:13AM 0.48	1:14PM 0.60		2:37AM -0.01	1:37PM 0.67	1:49AM 0.17	1:29PM 0.13	n/a n/a		2:57AM 0.21		2:21PM 0.80	3:27AM 0.19		2:42PM 0.86	6:59AM 0.00	2:52PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	22	18	24	21	18	19	7	22	26	23	9	28	23	8	8	11	9	12	23	10	21
Low °C	23	22	15	24	20	14	15	6	19	26	22	9	28	18	8	8	6	8	10	23	6	20
Chill °C (?)	24	22	17	24	21	18	19	2	22	26	23	6	28	23	4	4	10	7	10	23	8	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	7:35	7:07	-	7:35	7:07	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	7:06	-	7:42	-	-	7:44	7:09	-	8:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 ESE	0.7 WNW	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	-
Period (s)	16	15	15	13	13	14	16	9	6	9	11	-	10	12	9	9	9	10	10	16	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	7	11	11	6	12	16	14	-	13	6	6	-	6	14	-	-	4	-	-	9	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	-	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 SE	-	2.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 WNW	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	5	6	6	5	-	3	-	9	4	5	-	-	3	7	5	5	-	6

	Sunday 26						Monday 27								Tuesday 28							Wed
	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Union Bay Lake Superior	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	Higgins Beach Maine	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.8 E	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s)	12	11	16	16	16	18	15	16	16	16	13	13	6	14	14	14	14	16	13	15	9	10
Energy	180	112	153	143	68	187	188	263	207	173	241	239	253	238	221	185	183	133	178	219	407	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	5:45AM 1.64			5:12PM 0.80					7:13AM 1.72			6:02PM 0.85	n/a n/a				7:24AM 1.70				10:07PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)							12:51AM 0.75						n/a n/a		1:26AM 0.56				1:14PM 0.60			12:38AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	22	24	24	25	23	16	15	16	20	24	24	14	16	15	14	15	19	22	23	5	15
Chill °C (?)	17	22	24	24	25	23	15	14	15	20	24	24	13	16	14	13	14	19	22	23	3	15
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	5	11	16	16	16	11	15	16	16	12	13	13	-	14	14	14	6	16	13	15	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 W	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	15	7	6	8	18	11	18	12	16	6	7	-	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.8 E	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-

	Sunday 26																		Monday 27
	6AM	7AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Union Bay Lake Superior	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	Higgins Beach Maine	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 E	1.6 ENE
Period(s)	15	12	8	8	18	19	13	15	15	15	16	16	3	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	8
Energy	179	109	25	25	32	157	184	141	121	141	146	143	5	145	183	182	174	120	159	186	5	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:45AM 1.64	6:13AM 1.57											n/a n/a	6:47PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			10:56AM 0.15					12:16PM 0.51					n/a n/a							12:51AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	23	23	27	26	21	22	22	22	24	24	4	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	23	23	27	26	21	22	22	22	24	24	1	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	9	7
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	9:01	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	5	6	7	7	4	11	13	15	15	15	16	16	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	5	5	18	19	15	11	11	11	7	6	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	-	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	3	-	-	2	-	5	5	4	5	-	-	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	8

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