Iowa Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

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	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	0	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	3	1	1	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	4	11	5	16	16	15	8	14	13	16	17	16	15	15	8	14	14	8	9	13	19	16
Energy(?)	3	642	48	494	505	254	127	382	261	389	497	505	557	651	61	475	478	41	143	358	708	601
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:14PM 1.69		6:13AM 0.94			8:09AM 1.25	5:33PM 1.84		8:19AM 1.26	6:24PM 1.96		7:56AM 1.32	7:39PM 1.63		8:56AM 1.46	7:46PM 2.18		9:19AM 1.53		8:42PM 1.85	9:19AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			11:59PM 0.69	11:15AM 0.75	5:37PM -0.05		10:37AM 1.21		1:24AM 0.39	12:19PM 1.11		11:51PM 0.02	1:33PM 0.40		2:26AM 0.16	1:29PM 0.97		2:55AM 0.09		2:35PM 0.19	3:10AM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	30	25	25	30	23	28	28	23	25	30	23	25	33	29	26	31	28	28	27	24	27
Low °C	29	29	23	23	27	22	28	27	21	22	29	22	25	31	28	24	29	27	28	27	24	26
Chill °C (?)	30	30	25	25	30	23	28	28	23	25	30	23	25	33	29	26	31	28	28	27	24	27
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	11	4	9	16	8	8	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	8	14	14	8	9	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	10	16	9	15	8	8	17	16	17	5	6	13	8	7	6	8	10	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	5	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	5	3	7	6	4	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	18	3	3	11	13	16	16	13	8	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	683	652	587	704	3	3	580	359	570	524	766	112	403	364	377	287	285	314	313	316	314	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				8:31AM 0.76		4:56PM -0.02			11:59PM 0.69				11:15AM 0.75				12:47AM 0.54				12:21PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	21	25	30	30	25	22	21	26	21	27	25	26	25	24	21	21	22	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	21	19	21	25	30	30	25	22	21	26	21	27	25	26	25	24	21	21	22	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	-	-	11	10	10	16	13	5	9	9	9	9	5	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	-	-	13	5	13	8	16	-	16	16	15	15	8	7	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.7 WNW	1.0 E	0.6 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	3	3	5	6	5	-	4	8	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	2PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	14	3	4	12	11	14	18	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	18	18	18
Energy(?)	387	683	683	504	7	13	553	600	587	721	829	15	694	666	799	723	718	642	594	445	440	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:31AM 0.24												3:14PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					5:14AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	21	23	29	29	20	20	21	29	25	27	26	26	30	30	29	29	28	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	23	29	29	20	20	21	29	25	27	26	26	30	30	29	29	28	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	12	12	14	4	4	12	11	11	10	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	14	14	10	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	3	4	5	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5

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