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

	Sunday 15			Mon		Tuesday 17			Wed				Thursday 19			Fri		Saturday 21			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Celestino Sinaloa	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 E	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 NE	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	16	16	8	10	15	10	14	14	14	17	16	16	5	15	9	8	14	9	5
Energy(?)	832	1121	1132	939	1066	169	1539	588	358	358	422	386	346	464	399	80	251	79	290	197	302	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 1.51	9:24PM 0.27	7:38AM 1.74		8:23PM 1.75	8:02AM 2.07		8:43PM 1.89	8:37AM 1.90		8:58PM 1.82	9:08AM 1.89		9:31PM 2.12	9:57AM 1.87		9:45AM 1.12	10:15AM 1.67		10:29PM 2.19	11:25AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	1:23PM 0.25			1:58PM -0.11	2:06PM 0.24	1:57AM 0.66		2:29PM 0.24	2:33AM 0.49		2:50PM -0.21	3:01AM -0.13		3:18PM 0.37	3:49AM 0.26		3:43PM 0.49			4:14PM 0.06		5:18AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	19	21	24	25	4	25	-3	21	25	23	21	28	23	1	26	19	20	27	21	1
Low °C	18	23	17	19	24	25	3	25	-5	19	25	20	20	27	20	0	25	15	20	27	20	1
Chill °C (?)	20	23	19	21	24	25	-2	25	-9	21	25	23	21	28	23	-3	26	19	20	27	21	-4
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	7:13	-	-	6:48	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	6:59	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	7:37	6:17	-	7:19	6:47	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 NE	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	-
Period (s)	19	18	18	16	16	8	10	15	10	14	14	14	17	13	16	-	15	9	8	14	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	-	1.3 SE	0.3 NW	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 E	0.3 S	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	-	10	9	12	19	19	18	4	16	4	-	12	-	9	10	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	2.0 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	13	4	9	-	10	3	4	-	8	4	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	5	9	5

	Sunday 15						Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	4	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1229	832	21	958	1270	1265	1197	1273	1017	939	1012	1009	1028	1127	967	883	755	246	498	504	589	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:32AM 1.56					8:07PM 1.62			7:25AM 2.01					8:23PM 1.75								8:43PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)							1:23AM 0.84				1:58PM -0.11				1:57AM 0.66			1:20PM -0.05		2:24PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	21	22	21	19	21	20	19	19	4	21	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	21	22	21	19	21	20	19	19	0	21	21	22	21
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	-	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	10	-	11	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	12	9	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	9

	Sunday 15																	Monday 16
	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	4	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	7	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	1105	763	7	860	954	1053	1020	1220	1180	910	966	958	958	1226	1270	1270	1265	420	1144	1132	1197	1184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																8:07PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)									1:42PM 0.29												1:23AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	21	19	20	21	22	23	23	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	19	13	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	21	19	20	21	22	23	23	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	19	10	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	-	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	-	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	2.1 SE	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	7	9	13	-	-

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