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

	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SE	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	18	16	17	17	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	171	198	219	167	169	283	585	804	952	730	409	439	329	227	593	686	1462	1664	1746	984	1441	1546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:47AM 1.99		7:32PM 1.33		4:56AM 2.11			5:53AM 2.23		8:35PM 1.47	7:27AM 2.25	n/a n/a	8:21PM 1.58	7:27AM 2.34		8:51PM 1.64	8:08AM 2.30		9:20PM 1.70	8:47AM 2.18		9:49PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		11:46AM 0.30		10:16PM 1.14	12:35PM 0.12		1:12AM 0.43		1:17PM -0.00	1:14AM 0.96		n/a n/a	1:13AM 0.86		2:30PM -0.04	1:56AM 0.78		3:02PM 0.04	2:38AM 0.73		3:31PM 0.17	3:19AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	20	20	22	22	22	26	23	24	24	25	23	21	24	20	0	22	19	21	22	19
Low °C	18	20	20	19	21	21	20	23	22	21	23	24	21	21	22	18	-1	20	16	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	20	22	22	22	26	23	24	24	25	23	21	24	20	-6	22	19	21	22	19
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 ESE	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	11	17	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	15	4	5	15	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	18	11	13	12	12	4	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	5	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	7PM	10PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes 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	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Asuncion Bay 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	7	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	101	141	281	223	242	198	110	170	161	217	204	220	171	169	94	283	323	344	585	601	742	804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:43PM 1.18			3:47AM 1.99					6:41PM 1.31			n/a n/a	4:56AM 2.11					7:17PM 1.41			5:53AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		8:26PM 1.13					12:24PM 0.26				11:11PM 1.16	n/a n/a			12:35PM 0.12				11:30PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	18	20	22	23	20	20	19	-10	19	21	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	23
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	18	20	22	23	20	20	19	-16	19	21	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	11	-	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	18	16	18	18	18	11	16	10	11	16	-	10	5	5	15	15	12	15	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	4	3	-	3	7	-	5	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 27						Wednesday 28
	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes 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	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Asuncion Bay 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	1.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	12	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	129	102	177	101	141	141	92	172	171	156	230	148	223	244	242	219	219	198	198	154	154	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 1.18										n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)					8:26PM 1.13							n/a n/a								11:46AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	-8	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	-16	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	12	16	18	18	12	18	18	18	16	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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