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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	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	12	17	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	589	1463	935	464	663	671	389	635	622	370	504	336	499	867	497	612	905	665	683	645	629	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:07PM 1.43	9:03AM 2.27		11:07PM 1.19	9:46AM 2.09		12:55AM 1.25	10:39AM 1.86		3:38AM 1.33	1:19PM 1.18			4:17AM 1.46	2:09PM 1.49		4:41AM 1.59	3:52PM 1.47	3:21AM 1.21	6:05AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		3:39PM -0.01	2:32AM 0.96		3:41PM 0.19	4:28AM 0.52		5:38PM 0.31	3:34AM 1.20		7:25PM 0.50		6:44AM 0.84		8:26PM 0.55	9:12AM 1.25		9:33PM 0.59	10:34AM 1.03		8:54PM 0.15	12:03PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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

	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	4PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	1	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 E	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	5	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	17	17	13	6	16
Energy(?)	735	932	1349	1477	55	870	1309	1153	935	934	1458	785	510	429	629	663	671	272	266	628	115	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:23AM 2.40					10:07PM 1.43			9:03AM 2.27					11:14PM 1.30			9:46AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 0.85			2:46PM 0.15	4:06PM -0.11				2:32AM 0.96				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	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	21	26	23	20	19	18	18	21	21	23	22	20	19	19	19	19	24	19	25
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	21	26	23	20	19	18	18	21	21	23	22	20	19	19	19	19	24	19	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:32	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	5:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 E	1.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	5	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	6AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	4	4	1	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 E	0.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 S	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	5	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	15
Energy(?)	588	656	735	767	49	347	1111	1261	1349	1471	723	1477	674	673	1380	1502	1483	1463	1444	1335	132	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)											9:06AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)				2:00AM 0.85														3:39PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	25	23	17	17	17	18	22	21	25	25	23	23	23	23	22	21	16	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	25	23	17	17	17	18	22	21	25	25	23	23	23	23	22	21	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 E	0.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.1 SE	1.2 W
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	5	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	14	15	6	14	14	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-

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