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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	1.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	15	14	8	13	15	10	12	7	16	10	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	95	45	484	796	256	639	753	104	54	24	100	343	81	52	190	72	78	85	75	85	284	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:17AM 1.61		3:00PM 1.28	4:38AM 1.67		6:03PM 1.12		4:27AM 1.82	5:41PM 1.32		4:57AM 1.91	6:28PM 1.36		6:10AM 1.95	7:31PM 1.26		5:56AM 2.07		8:21PM 1.46	7:11AM 2.08		8:11PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 1.00		9:39PM 0.87	10:57AM 0.80		12:03AM 0.43	11:37AM 0.62		12:58AM 0.40	12:10PM 0.46		11:53PM 1.00	1:22PM 0.32		1:10AM 0.41		1:12PM 0.23	12:58AM 0.99		2:22PM 0.15	12:38AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	24	21	23	22	-6	24	25	21	26	14	23	7	25	22	25	24	19	22	22	18
Low °C	20	22	21	21	22	21	-11	22	23	20	24	14	19	6	23	18	23	21	17	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	22	25	24	21	23	22	-14	24	25	21	26	13	23	3	25	22	25	24	19	22	22	18
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:27	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 E	0.5 WNW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	16	16	15	14	-	13	10	12	12	9	5	10	15	4	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	12	12	11	11	10	-	4	15	4	5	-	12	7	10	15	5	7	4	4	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NW	2.4 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	-	1.8 NE	-	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	4	8	-	3	4	-	7	-	4	5	-	-	3	-	-	3	4

	Thu		Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	12	15	15	13	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15
Energy(?)	134	135	51	249	329	68	216	484	481	230	453	427	754	733	196	201	336	288	572	453	462	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:59AM 1.56				3:00PM 1.28				3:55AM 1.72					4:36PM 1.27				5:11AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 0.72								10:54PM 0.45					11:25AM 0.59			9:42PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	20	21	19	25	23	24	21	21	19	18	21	21	24	23	21	21	21	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	21	19	25	23	24	21	21	19	18	21	21	24	23	21	21	21	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	15	5	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	15	12	15	12	13	12	12	4	11	4	4	12	12	12	12	11	4	10	11	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	3	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Thursday 11						Friday 12
	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	15	15	12	15	12	15	12	12	15	12	12	15	14	15	15	15	12	14	14	15	12
Energy(?)	50	134	134	209	135	95	75	51	51	74	51	51	249	361	117	118	330	45	426	428	469	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												3:17AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				8:38PM 0.77	8:01PM 0.72													9:57AM 1.00
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	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	19	19	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	19	19	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	5	3	14	14	12	14	14	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	12	12	15	15	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	15	4	12	12	12	12	4	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	4	5	-	4	4	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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