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

	Saturday 02			Sun				Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed		Thu				Fri		Sat
	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Indicas Great Abaco	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 WNW	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	6	8	8	15	14	8	16	16	7	15	15	4	14	7	14	19	5	18	18	10
Energy	168	261	259	94	117	244	212	51	254	324	13	240	372	9	225	77	137	184	9	240	269	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 2.48	10:34AM 1.75	12:52AM 2.75	9:13AM 0.99		1:28AM 2.70	1:49PM 2.57		1:46AM 2.85	9:49PM 2.03	11:08AM 1.30		10:16PM 1.94		11:29PM 0.97	12:08PM 0.86		4:12AM 2.47	11:28PM 1.70			12:39AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					7:35PM 0.35		7:35AM 0.06	3:53PM 0.06				3:34PM 1.03		4:36PM 0.16		5:56AM 0.16	6:37PM 0.13	10:18PM 0.57		8:05AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	18	12	13	21	19	17	22	20	22	21	17	24	29	25	21	23	19	21	23	14
Low °C	7	7	17	12	12	21	16	16	21	17	21	20	14	23	27	24	20	23	15	18	22	9
Chill °C (?)	6	8	17	9	11	21	19	16	22	20	22	21	16	24	29	25	21	23	18	21	23	13
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	6:24	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:44	6:59	-	7:45	7:10	-	7:45	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	13	8	8	15	14	8	16	16	7	15	15	-	14	7	14	14	5	18	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	5	10	7	5	12	12	8	13	11	-	14	13	-	10	6	12	12	4	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 S	1.1 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	-	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	5	-	6	5	3	6	5	3

	Fri		Saturday 02								Sunday 03							Monday 04
	11PM	11PM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Boynton Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 WNW	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.0 NNE	1.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	16	10	12	12	7	9	9	7	9	14	16	16	16
Energy	201	234	203	78	201	255	261	59	187	80	511	300	312	50	54	87	113	337	212	246	245	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:02PM 2.05				12:52PM 2.48				8:58PM 2.14							10:17PM 0.91	1:28AM 2.70				10:54AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)												3:58AM 0.22			2:52PM 0.05					4:32AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	18	8	11	10	10	7	26	6	18	17	17	18	12	16	14	22	5	16	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	11	18	8	9	10	8	5	26	4	18	17	17	18	10	15	14	22	2	16	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 WNW	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.0 NNE	1.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	13	10	12	12	7	9	9	7	9	14	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	10	-	3	9	4	5	5	5	16	13	15	15	9	7	7	8	10	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	0.4 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	5	9	12	12	3	-	-	3	2	4	4	4	12

	Friday 01			Saturday 02
	9PM	7PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Boynton Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.3 SW	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 NE	1.1 ESE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	9	18	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	6	6	10	10	5	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	243	110	201	86	201	193	172	65	174	85	228	189	186	18	81	57	84	255	227	254	264	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:17AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)								3:02AM 0.08			3:08AM 0.16											2:42PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	19	11	11	11	10	8	24	8	16	17	15	15	10	14	12	30	10	22	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	12	18	11	9	10	10	6	24	6	16	16	15	15	8	11	10	30	8	22	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.4 SW	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 NE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	13	14	10	10	9	5	9	10	9	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	10	15	-	15	-	-	6	-	10	10	10	10	7	9	3	9	4	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNE	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	3	5	-	3	-	-	-	4	2	6	6	6	6	5	4	-	4	4	10	10	10	10

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