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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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Hughes 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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	13	14	4	13	20	20	20	13	17	17	16	18	16	17	17	17	14	16	16	12	8
Energy(?)	0	187	140	9	77	131	115	106	381	329	965	329	169	207	243	371	209	676	448	181	459	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (ft)	8:45AM 6.96		9:05AM 4.13			10:16PM 4.86	8:44AM 5.71		10:50PM 4.43	9:51AM 6.56	10:30PM 2.56	10:58AM 3.48	11:40AM 4.79		12:35AM 3.67	12:12PM 4.4			12:13PM 3.71			9:11AM 4.27
Low Tide / height (ft)		4:28PM 0.3		7:08PM 0.3	3:18PM 0.66	3:08AM 2.89		3:44PM 0.85	3:21AM 3.12		4:19AM 0.75		5:27AM 2.53	6:33PM 1.97	3:23AM 3.51	5:52AM 2.95	5:40PM 1.9
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	75	84	72	70	77	68	72	77	72	75	73	75	75	79	72	73	77	70	75	79	73	61
Low °F	70	82	64	64	75	63	63	77	70	72	73	73	68	77	66	66	75	66	72	77	70	61
Chill °F (?)	75	84	72	70	77	68	72	77	72	75	73	75	75	79	72	73	77	70	75	79	73	61
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	6:09
Swell1 (ft) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	13	14	-	16	15	14	13	13	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	13	12	8
Swell2 (ft) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	5	12	-	13	20	6	13	6	18	18	4	18	16	6	7	17	16	13	16	15	12
Wind waves (ft) & direction	0.4 NE	-	1.1 NW	0.6 E	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.3 E
Period (s)	3	-	6	4	6	6	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	5	6	7	5	-	-	3	-	8

	Wednesday 22						Thursday 23								Friday 24
	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	11	6	14	19	14	14	14	13	10	10	16	6	20	15	20	20	14	20	13	14
Energy(?)	246	221	80	93	211	389	302	305	253	285	45	51	208	231	131	221	218	115	170	106	107	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (ft)		10:07AM 6.5				9:45PM 5.22				9:06AM 6.92								9:28AM 6.79				10:10PM 4.1
Low Tide / height (ft)			2:55PM 0.89	6:33PM 0.16				2:29AM 2.43			3:30PM 0.56					4:46AM 1.61				4:32PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	68	77	72	54	81	68	77	77	64	72	64	66	72	66	63	63	79	72	75	77	79	77
Chill °F (?)	68	77	72	50	81	68	77	77	64	72	64	66	72	66	63	63	79	72	75	77	79	77
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	11	6	14	19	14	14	18	17	10	10	6	6	15	6	13	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	9	10	5	14	21	21	13	13	10	10	16	16	20	15	20	6	13	13	20	20
Wind waves (ft) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	3	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	2	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	4	-	-

	Wednesday 22																		Thursday 23
	6AM	7AM	11AM	12PM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	11	5	13	13	13	13	14	14	11	11	13	13	13	6	14	19	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	223	223	80	58	285	188	264	228	163	123	34	34	171	233	102	230	213	389	240	140	302	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (ft)																	9:16PM 4.79
Low Tide / height (ft)																						2:29AM 2.43
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	clear	clear
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	68	70	64	57	82	75	84	84	79	79	70	70	79	77	72	73	79	68	73	66	77	77
Chill °F (?)	68	70	64	54	82	75	84	84	79	79	70	70	79	77	72	73	79	68	73	66	77	77
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	14	19	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 W	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	5	6	10	16	13	16	16	14	14	11	11	14	14	12	14	21	14	14	13	21	21
Wind waves (ft) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 W	1.0 SSE	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	3	5	-	6	-	-	5	5	3	3	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-

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