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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	Thu		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos 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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Hughes 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	16	6	7	12	15	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	16
Energy(?)	184	358	592	1463	935	464	662	671	375	635	200	569	566	455	570	798	757	544	699	674	721	699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:14PM 1.57	8:23AM 2.40		10:07PM 1.43	9:03AM 2.27		11:13PM 1.75			12:55AM 1.25	10:39AM 1.86		3:38AM 1.33	12:15PM 1.58		12:45AM 0.83		2:09PM 1.49		4:41AM 1.59	3:52PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	3:35PM -0.29	2:00AM 0.85		3:39PM -0.01	2:32AM 0.96		4:33PM 0.14		11:20AM -0.10	5:52PM 0.24	3:34AM 1.20		6:59PM 0.46					9:59AM 0.82		9:33PM 0.59	10:34AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	25	23	19	22	22	19	25	26	11	11	23	25	25	27	23	26	26	23	28	27
Low °C	20	18	22	20	17	20	20	19	21	23	8	9	23	23	23	25	22	22	23	21	26	23
Chill °C (?)	24	23	25	23	19	22	22	19	25	26	9	9	23	25	25	27	23	26	26	23	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:44	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	10	7	12	15	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	6	14	13	13	18	18	17	16	16	-	7	14	12	13	15	14	13	12	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	4	4	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	4

	Thursday 06				Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun
	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	4PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Abreojos 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	Punta Abreojos 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 Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSE	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	4	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	14	13	13	13	17
Energy(?)	156	184	229	549	730	927	1489	622	8	750	1309	1153	935	934	1468	802	115	429	703	663	671	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:14PM 1.57				9:50AM 2.36					10:07PM 1.43			9:03AM 2.27					11:14PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM -0.09				2:00AM 0.85				4:06PM -0.11				2:32AM 0.96			3:07PM -0.07	4:53PM 0.06	4:33PM 0.14			3:02AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	20	19	18	17	17	20	24	22	20	19	18	17	21	21	16	22	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	25	24	20	19	18	17	17	20	24	22	20	19	18	17	21	21	16	22	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	5:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	16	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	15	5	15	15	14	6	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	7	18	18	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06													Friday 07
	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	6AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Abreojos 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	Punta Abreojos 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 Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	4	15	17	17	17	17	13	16	7	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	177	214	210	209	216	184	186	148	13	144	549	549	588	652	426	762	14	347	1106	1261	1489	1471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												9:14PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					2:50PM -0.09											2:00AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	25	25	25	24	22	23	23	24	19	19	18	18	22	18	7	23	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	25	25	24	22	23	23	24	19	19	18	18	22	18	5	23	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	-	15	17	17	17	17	13	16	7	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	-	13	5	5	5	15	15	15	11	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-

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