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

	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	1	3	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 WNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	15	14	12	13	13	11	16	15	5	11	13
Energy(?)	3352	2059	2559	1679	840	990	740	675	720	796	1204	1117	1082	362	893	599	159	467	525	6	592	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:10PM 1.76	11:09AM 1.34		11:40PM 1.73	11:58AM 1.14		12:20AM 1.68			1:27AM 1.64							4:33AM 1.75		7:26PM 1.34	5:26AM 1.88		7:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.84	4:43PM 0.82		6:50AM 0.89	4:40PM 0.94		10:48AM 0.70			11:09AM 0.74		12:25AM 0.77	11:56AM 0.58		12:37AM 0.70	12:27PM 0.44		11:08PM 1.18	12:55PM 0.31		11:54PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	20	17	19	22	20	-3	21	19	20	24	19	21	22	18	21	21	19	19	20	19
Low °C	16	17	18	15	17	21	18	-5	19	17	20	20	15	20	19	16	21	19	17	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	17	19	22	20	-6	21	19	20	24	19	21	22	18	21	21	19	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	15	14	12	13	13	11	12	12	5	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	11	11	4	16	16	15	-	15	17	11	14	14	8	18	13	10	16	15	-	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	3	11	6

	Fri		Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2669	2922	3352	3283	3218	3122	2865	1783	2284	1951	1679	1475	861	1165	1173	603	736	700	740	671	654	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:10PM 1.76				11:09AM 1.34				11:40PM 1.73				11:58AM 1.14				12:20AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)					5:37AM 0.84				4:43PM 0.82								4:40PM 0.94					9:06AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	16	18	19	22	18	17	16	15	17	18	21	19	21	20	18	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	16	18	19	22	18	17	16	15	17	18	21	19	21	20	18	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	5	5	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06							Saturday 07
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2208	2435	2669	2736	2955	2922	3145	2277	3352	3277	3362	3283	2236	3257	3218	1752	3193	3122	3122	2865	2865	2830
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				11:09AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)														5:37AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	17	17	17	16	18	16	16	21	17	18	18	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	17	17	17	16	18	16	16	21	17	18	18	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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