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 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Egg Island Eleuthera	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
Rating	1	0	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 NE	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	8	4	7	12	13	13	21	16	7	19	13	13	15	5	8	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	48	17	245	626	417	271	526	254	116	584	296	273	495	7	188	449	305	327	361	377	413	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 1.12	10:26AM 0.41	n/a n/a	9:48PM 2.34	10:56AM 1.29		9:41PM 1.75	11:55AM 1.16	n/a n/a	11:26PM 1.99	1:14PM 1.06		11:10PM 1.38		2:12AM 0.91	2:06AM 1.56		4:29PM 1.13	3:54AM 1.45		5:23PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a			4:25PM 0.44		5:34AM 0.10	n/a n/a		6:40AM 0.25	6:21PM 0.71				8:42PM 1.23	9:35AM 0.39		10:40PM 1.07	10:45AM 0.38		11:48PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	25	14	18	19	20	26	20	6	19	18	19	26	25	26	18	19	19	19	22	22	20
Low °C	23	25	12	15	16	19	23	18	4	16	17	19	24	24	26	15	17	19	15	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	28	25	13	18	19	20	26	20	3	19	18	19	26	25	26	18	19	19	19	22	22	20
Sunrise	5:47	5:54	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	4	12	13	13	12	12	-	14	13	13	15	6	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	13	16	12	16	16	-	10	15	17	18	-	-	11	10	10	4	19	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	1.6 NE	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 SE	1.2 E	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	4	7	-	12	8	-	4	7	4	4	3	-	5	8	-	-	3	5	5	4	5

	Sun	Monday 18									Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	11PM	2AM	5AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 SW
Period(s)	8	7	7	13	13	4	4	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	21	21	11	12	16
Energy	80	208	195	760	712	24	26	528	340	700	626	241	275	417	407	271	206	454	526	376	265	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:38PM 1.43					10:26AM 0.41				9:48PM 2.34				10:56AM 1.29				9:41PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			2:52AM -0.09	4:22AM -0.07				3:43PM 0.30								4:25PM 0.44					6:12AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	23	15	16	25	25	18	25	17	16	15	26	19	20	19	17	25	24	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	14	16	25	25	17	25	17	16	15	26	19	20	19	16	25	24	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	13	13	5	-	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	-	15	15	12	-	-	18	4	13	13	13	18	16	16	12	12	16	16	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	-	4	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	8	4	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 17				Monday 18
	9PM	10PM	11PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	15	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	4	4	4	4	14
Energy	73	78	80	247	78	208	311	152	195	175	332	760	760	712	712	706	222	24	27	32	26	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											3:44AM -0.06	4:22AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	25	16	25	24	21	24	23	22	24	15	15	16	16	17	17	25	25	25	25	18
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	15	25	24	21	24	23	22	24	14	14	16	16	17	17	25	25	25	25	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	5	5	5	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	-	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	15	15	12	15	-	8	15	15	15	12	15	15	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 W	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 W
Period (s)	3	8	8	6	8	7	7	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	6

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