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

	Sat		Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue		Wednesday 01			Thu				Friday 03			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SE	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	5	12	12	7	7	15	15	14	16	4	13	8	8	7	14	20	10	18	18	5	16
Energy(?)	173	39	109	78	210	343	143	76	112	207	1	95	579	274	220	156	229	10	517	684	49	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:52AM 1.91	7:53PM 1.77		7:22AM 1.64	7:58PM 1.64	10:05PM 0.20	10:26AM 0.16		8:12PM 1.69	8:48AM 1.90		8:27PM 1.74	8:57AM 1.61		9:11PM 1.71	9:28AM 1.57		8:59PM 1.76	10:26AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 0.37	1:32PM 0.30		1:22AM 0.68	1:43PM 0.31			5:52AM 0.10	1:33AM -0.28	2:21AM 0.36		2:25PM 0.45	2:47AM 0.28			3:23AM 0.01		2:57PM 0.63	3:36AM 0.25		3:38PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	21	26	19	13	22	20	20	22	18	24	12	10	8	23	21	22	23	19	23	23
Low °C	21	16	20	25	19	13	20	18	18	22	5	18	9	10	7	22	17	21	22	16	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	16	21	26	19	11	22	20	20	22	17	24	10	8	6	23	21	22	23	19	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	6:26	6:20	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:22	-	7:04	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	7:06	6:53	-	7:22	6:54	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	1.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	1.4 S	0.1 SE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	6	6	12	11	14	16	4	13	8	10	7	14	13	7	18	18	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 SW	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	-	11	4	-	8	10	15	16	9	-	16	-	-	5	13	13	10	11	16	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	-	1.3 ESE	1.6 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.6 S	0.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 S	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SE	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	2	-	7	7	4	-	-	-	7	3	8	8	-	6	6	7	5	6	5	6

	Saturday 28				Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tue
	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2	131	263	245	151	89	81	109	116	117	75	158	75	73	57	116	93	86	63	104	120	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:34PM 1.64				6:44AM 1.56			6:00PM 1.38	7:44PM 1.57				7:22AM 1.64				7:58PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)					12:50AM 0.88								1:30AM 0.62				1:55PM -0.03					2:10AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	23	19	21	22	17	17	15	23	19	22	22	23	20	21	21	23	22	18	17
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	23	19	21	22	16	16	14	23	19	22	22	23	20	21	21	23	22	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	7	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	12	4	15	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	5	10	10	11	4	4	-	-	-	4	10	10	4	4	-	10	10	10	9	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 28									Sun	Sat		Sunday 29
	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	4	8	12	13	12	12	12	5	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1	139	171	171	175	126	126	41	40	304	122	245	123	128	128	42	116	115	83	81	177	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:17PM 0.26												6:44AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 0.10	1:01PM 0.31							11:11PM -0.24					1:05AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	25	25	21	25	24	17	16	8	22	23	22	22	22	17	20	20	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	25	25	21	25	24	16	14	5	22	23	22	22	22	16	20	20	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	10	10	12	12	12	6	-	-	12	13	12	12	12	-	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	5	13	13	11	4	4	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	6	6	4	4	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	4	8	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	3	3

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