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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Iowa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue		Wed				Thursday 02			Friday 03
	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Virginia Beach Virginia	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	2.1 S	1.0 N	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	3	6	12	5	6	12	6	6	12	15	14	16	8	5	15	14	6	14	20	6	18	18
Energy(?)	2	55	157	34	67	77	46	52	86	77	112	207	616	51	174	113	64	195	180	107	523	876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 1.82	7:34PM 1.64		6:52AM 1.91		9:13PM 0.23	6:43PM 1.15		8:13PM 1.88	7:26PM 1.21		8:12PM 1.69	10:54AM 0.19		11:58PM 0.13	8:57AM 1.61		8:43PM 1.76	9:26AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	12:11AM 1.10	1:01PM 0.31		12:58AM 0.89	1:32PM 0.30					2:10AM 0.53		1:33AM -0.28	2:21AM 0.36		6:29PM 0.05	1:46AM 0.12		2:42PM 0.54	3:11AM 0.24		2:57PM 0.63	8:07PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	22	7	22	17	15	26	19	20	22	20	21	22	11	-6	26	24	22	26	23	24	25	23
Low °C	14	5	22	15	15	25	19	19	21	18	18	22	10	-6	26	21	22	24	18	21	25	19
Chill °C (?)	22	3	22	16	14	26	19	20	22	20	21	22	7	-13	26	24	22	26	23	24	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:22	-	6:35	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:19	6:37	-	7:28	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	8:12	6:53	-	-	6:53	-	7:27	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	-	0.1 NE	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.8 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	3	6	12	-	6	12	6	-	12	12	14	16	-	4	15	4	-	14	13	8	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	11	-	9	4	-	-	10	15	16	9	-	-	13	14	-	13	13	8	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	0.4 SW	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.0 N	0.7 NW	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSE	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	3	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	5	4	-	6	5	5	6	6	7

	Fri		Saturday 28								Sunday 29								Monday 30
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	5AM	8AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	13	13	7	8	12	6	6	7	12	12	12	12	12	6
Energy(?)	201	348	178	365	180	2	2	44	240	245	68	284	81	99	94	88	75	54	72	70	56	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 1.51				5:58AM 1.82				7:34PM 1.64			5:35AM 1.48	6:44AM 1.56				7:44PM 1.57				7:22AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			12:11AM 1.10																1:30AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	23	21	23	19	23	7	23	24	6	9	23	16	17	18	23	22	22	22	23	20
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	21	23	18	23	5	23	24	5	7	23	15	16	18	23	22	22	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.1 S	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	14	11	14	10	10	6	-	6	13	13	7	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 E	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	11	14	5	14	14	6	6	4	10	10	7	-	4	-	-	-	4	10	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	8	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Friday 27	Saturday 28
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	4AM	2AM	3AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	3	6	5	14	14	5	5	13	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	6
Energy(?)	269	275	201	201	363	2	1	44	178	178	30	13	191	1	1	1	139	139	138	151	133	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:18PM 1.51										5:56AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:50PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	25	24	23	21	20	5	23	23	2	9	21	12	14	16	25	26	26	25	25	23
Chill °C (?)	27	26	25	24	23	21	20	1	23	23	-4	5	21	9	12	14	25	26	26	25	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SW	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	11	3	-	5	14	14	5	5	13	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	6	6	6	5	5	6	9	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 N	1.1 NE	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4

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