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

	Sat		Sunday 03			Mon				Tuesday 05			Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Virginia Beach Virginia	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	4	2	2	1	1	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SE	0.6 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	6	9	8	15	9	6	16	7	6	15	15	5	14	8	8	7	8	9	18	4	19
Energy	219	245	106	82	238	176	3	296	4	2	231	299	111	180	734	1375	203	164	252	359	33	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 1.64	1:12PM 2.63		1:28AM 2.70	1:49PM 2.57	10:31AM 1.41		9:49PM 2.03	2:28PM 2.49	2:25AM 2.79	11:21AM 0.87	11:42AM 1.07	3:07AM 2.72	10:47PM 1.83				5:04PM 2.18	1:35PM 0.28	3:01AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	7:00PM 0.30	3:17AM 0.02	6:59AM 0.00	7:01PM 0.37		7:35AM 0.06		2:53PM 0.89			8:14PM 0.50	5:16AM 0.12		8:55PM 0.55		6:50AM 0.58		10:39AM 0.38			9:13PM 0.91	9:24AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	6	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	18	9	12	21	15	21	21	21	22	28	19	27	21	14	14	11	10	16	29	20	19
Low °C	8	17	6	11	21	9	20	20	20	21	27	15	25	21	13	13	8	8	15	28	17	18
Chill °C (?)	7	17	6	10	21	13	21	21	21	22	28	18	27	21	11	13	10	7	15	29	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:01	5:47
Sunset	7:44	6:59	-	7:45	7:10	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:37	-	8:07	7:12	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	8	15	9	6	16	7	6	15	15	7	14	9	8	7	8	9	14	8	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.4 W	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	12	8	-	13	4	5	10	14	-	10	-	-	15	15	9	18	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.4 N	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 SE	1.6 WNW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	4	6	3	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	3	5	5	5	8	8	-	4	3	4	4	4

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03								Monday 04
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	15	12	8	8	9	14	9	14	16	16	9	9	7	16	16
Energy	201	64	219	222	305	250	363	182	312	82	82	83	211	222	202	237	255	78	60	5	236	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)						12:36AM 2.95				1:12PM 2.63				1:10AM 2.91					2:08PM 2.37			9:49PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)				6:27PM 0.31				3:17AM 0.17								4:32AM 0.29					5:25PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	12	8	7	8	6	17	22	17	11	12	15	24	6	16	15	16	18	17	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	8	12	7	5	8	5	17	22	17	8	10	14	24	3	16	15	16	18	17	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	8	8	9	14	9	14	16	13	9	9	7	16	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	4	9	5	5	5	13	15	15	3	-	7	18	-	12	12	4	-	4	4	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	4	4	4	3	4	-	5	5

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	10PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	3AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	16	10	9	9	9	16	9	16	16	16	9	9	6	15	15
Energy	162	92	148	148	201	165	271	129	251	262	222	54	95	176	81	81	81	99	218	7	102	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:52PM 2.48											8:58PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)											6:27PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	8	8	10	9	17	28	23	7	7	13	26	7	19	19	18	8	6	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	6	11	8	8	9	7	16	28	23	5	5	11	26	6	19	19	18	6	4	15	18	17
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.7 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	13	16	16	9	9	9	16	9	13	13	13	9	9	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	4	4	4	9	9	10	10	13	9	5	6	10	5	16	16	16	-	-	5	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	4	6	3	10	4	-	-	3	-	5	5	5	-	-	3	5	5

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