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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	5	5	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 WNW	1.0 NE	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NE	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	9	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	15	14	12	13	13	16	16	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1993	3352	1689	2497	181	838	966	740	356	690	730	1264	1131	1022	634	891	597	491	315	573	72	727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 1.03	11:09AM 1.34		11:40PM 1.73	11:58AM 1.14		12:20AM 1.68			1:27AM 1.64			3:12AM 1.66		6:51PM 2.15		6:35AM 1.29		7:26PM 1.34	5:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	5:00PM -0.10		5:37AM 0.84	4:43PM 0.82		6:50AM 0.89	4:40PM 0.94		10:48AM 0.70	5:42PM 0.77		11:09AM 0.74			11:56AM 0.58		1:19AM 0.64	1:19PM 0.30		11:08PM 1.18	12:55PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	21	18	23	20	15	20	21	20	-3	22	19	19	23	20	21	22	19	18	24	17	22	19
Low °C	19	16	21	18	14	17	21	18	-8	20	17	19	20	19	20	20	16	17	23	16	21	17
Chill °C (?)	21	18	23	20	14	20	21	20	-8	22	19	19	23	20	21	22	19	18	24	16	22	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 WNW	0.3 ENE	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 N	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	12	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	15	14	12	13	13	12	16	12	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	14	11	11	10	5	16	15	14	15	17	11	14	14	11	18	13	16	13	15	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	-	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	12	3	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	-	11

	Friday 06				Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	4PM	7PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	1PM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	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	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	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Abreojos 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	2	1	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	0.6 E	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 E	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	279	40	2736	2922	3352	3351	3218	3122	1999	1481	2548	1950	1679	1471	1335	147	732	603	841	700	740	701
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:10PM 1.76				1:29PM 1.39				11:40PM 1.73								12:20AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:38PM -0.03	4:33PM 0.67				5:37AM 0.84				4:43PM 0.82				6:50AM 0.89				4:40PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	0	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	21	18	18	17	16	16	-8	18	19	21	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	-3	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	21	18	18	17	16	16	-16	18	19	21	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	0.6 E	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 E	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	12	12	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	7	5	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06													Saturday 07
	2PM	3PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Assateague Maryland	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	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	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Abreojos 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	2	1	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 N	0.4 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	5	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	15	18	18	17	17	17	5	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	660	24	1207	1220	1993	1993	2208	2435	1651	886	2955	2922	3145	3129	3352	12	2374	1738	3311	3257	3218	3190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														11:10PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)							4:33PM 0.67													5:37AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	1	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	21	18	18	17	17	17	-5	18	22	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	1	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	21	18	18	17	17	17	-11	18	22	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	0.4 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.1 SE	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	5	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	15	18	18	17	17	17	9	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	14	14	8	14	11	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 N	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-

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