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

	Fri		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Celestino Sinaloa	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	2.2 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	9	14	7	13	13	9	6	8	9	12
Energy(?)	254	967	613	152	64	147	141	124	100	185	131	149	194	130	99	128	104	147	211	139	26	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.10		9:55PM 1.44	7:50AM 1.12		1:02AM 1.64	12:10PM 2.85		10:26PM 1.38	9:09AM 2.03		9:39PM 0.87	9:45AM 1.05		10:09PM 1.21	10:30AM 1.73		12:38AM 1.53	11:30AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40AM 0.03		1:53PM 0.06	2:27AM 0.95		6:01PM 0.06	7:10PM 0.03	5:58AM 0.40	4:34PM 0.06	2:46AM 1.02		4:27PM 0.30	3:40AM 0.09		5:02PM 0.39		4:32AM 1.09	6:18PM 0.50		5:59AM 1.10	7:02PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	2	1	24	6	25	24	20	23	22	22	23	20	22	2	21	20	24	7	20	17	23
Low °C	21	-4	-2	21	5	22	21	18	21	21	20	21	19	21	1	20	20	23	7	17	12	20
Chill °C (?)	22	-5	-4	24	1	25	24	20	23	22	22	23	20	22	-1	21	20	24	3	20	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:29	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.2 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	14	7	9	9	9	8	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	5	11	8	9	10	4	5	16	16	15	-	4	-	13	13	12	-	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 S	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	4	2	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	8	6	6

	Friday 19			Saturday 20									Sunday 21								Mon
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	7AM	10AM	10AM	4PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Indicas Great Abaco	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.7 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	9	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	13	11	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	463	612	413	285	228	144	613	202	543	100	98	68	50	52	99	147	71	141	271	70	124	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.86						11:44AM 1.91				9:16PM 1.40			7:50AM 1.12	8:03AM 2.16				9:50PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 0.21			12:40AM 0.03	1:57AM 0.96					3:28PM 0.02							2:17PM -0.05	3:21PM 0.17				2:58AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	14	8	9	20	-3	-2	1	0	23	21	20	19	5	6	22	15	24	21	20	19	21
Chill °C (?)	25	12	4	6	20	-8	-6	-4	-4	23	21	20	19	1	3	22	15	24	21	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:06	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	4:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	10	9	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	5	13	11	13	13	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 W
Period (s)	16	9	10	8	11	-	5	12	11	11	10	3	10	8	10	9	4	10	14	4	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 W	0.8 NW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 NW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	-	4	4	6	3	-	3	-	4	5	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Friday 19													Saturday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	3AM	4AM	2AM	6AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Indicas Great Abaco	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 SE	3.0 SSE	1.5 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	527	2340	655	1996	255	634	1662	534	1281	130	189	188	188	209	205	187	95	184	184	142	140	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:43PM 1.42											8:13AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 0.21															1:08AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	18	15	17	21	6	6	6	2	21	22	22	21	-2	-2	21	7	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	26	17	13	16	21	1	1	0	-5	21	22	22	21	-8	-8	21	4	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.3 S	1.5 ESE	2.3 S	0.9 WNW	1.8 SE	3.0 SSE	1.5 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	17	15	10	15	12	-	-	6	-	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	7	11	12	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 W	2.5 SSW	-	1.0 W	-	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	4	9	-	4	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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