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

	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu		Friday 13			Sat				Sunday 15			Mon		Tue
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Celestino Sinaloa	Cupsogue Long Island NY	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	21	21	20	18	18	16	16	15	8	8	14	8	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	8
Energy(?)	482	467	630	855	683	708	566	394	500	147	58	458	588	496	475	1032	832	1185	1254	821	998	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 0.79			10:33PM 1.43				5:13AM 1.05		8:57PM 4:59AM 1.34 1.63		7:58PM 1.40		6:02AM 1.77	7:56PM 1.49		6:47AM 1.90		8:07PM 1.62	7:25AM 2.01		8:23PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 0.23	2:08PM 0.85		11:55AM 0.68			12:27PM 0.49		10:47PM 1.33	12:55PM 0.49		12:09AM 1.19	1:19PM 0.38		12:48AM 1.02	1:42PM 0.29		1:23AM 0.84		2:06PM 0.24	1:57AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	20	18	20	25	23	25	30	12	15	25	4	22	23	21	21	25	22	23	27	2
Low °C	15	17	20	16	16	23	20	23	29	9	14	24	4	19	22	19	19	24	19	21	27	0
Chill °C (?)	14	18	20	18	20	25	23	25	30	10	15	25	-2	22	23	21	21	25	22	23	27	-3
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	7:31	-	-	7:03	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	7:24	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	7	21	11	18	18	16	16	15	6	8	14	8	13	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	23	21	12	20	5	9	5	6	12	-	-	24	10	22	13	13	12	12	9	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	1.1 E	-	0.3 W	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	7	-	6	-	-	5	5	-	6	8	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	4	3

	Mon	Tuesday 10									Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	11PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Conejo 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	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
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	6	10	22	22	7	21	6	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	71	50	563	521	818	453	12	585	867	1334	855	809	814	683	756	708	567	571	566	696	547	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 0.98					2:01PM 0.28				12:34AM 1.64									2:39AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						8:11AM 0.82		4:31PM 0.73							11:25AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	21	20	15	19	22	18	19	17	16	16	16	20	23	25	23	22	21	20	21	26
Chill °C (?)	13	17	21	20	14	19	22	17	19	17	16	16	16	20	23	25	23	22	21	20	21	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	6	22	22	7	7	6	21	5	11	11	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	11	11	22	6	5	11	20	20	20	11	10	5	10	9	11	10	5	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SW	-	2.0 WNW	-	0.3 SSE	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	11	-	7	-	5	7	7	11	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-

	Monday 09						Tuesday 10
	9PM	10PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Conejo 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	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
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.5 S	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	24	24	7	7	5	7	22	7	7	7	7	22	7	7	7	21	21	21	21	21
Energy(?)	65	83	196	196	413	383	9	487	317	482	493	493	493	517	869	869	805	453	453	620	620	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																8:11AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	23	23	17	16	22	17	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	13	13	23	23	16	14	22	16	19	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	18	19	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	13	11	5	11	14	11	22	22	22	7	7	7	7	7	7	21	21	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	11	13	5	23	22	23	14	14	14	22	22	22	6	6	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 S	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	7	7	3	7	5	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	6

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