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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	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	3	4	11	4	16	12	5	15	14	13	16	16	16	15	15	4	14	14	7	13
Energy(?)	224	545	2	2	642	3	485	586	21	350	405	242	371	775	480	566	635	1	365	516	24	457
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 1.39	2:08PM 1.68						3:42PM 1.38		8:09AM 1.25	5:33PM 1.84		6:09AM 8:20AM 0.30 0.30			8:34AM 1.38	7:07PM 2.08		8:56AM 1.46	7:06PM 1.53		8:51AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			10:36PM 0.83	8:31AM 0.76	4:56PM -0.02	11:41PM 0.60			12:47AM 0.54	10:37AM 1.21			6:43AM 0.30	6:49PM -0.07	1:56AM 0.26	12:46PM 1.07		1:57AM 0.12	1:29PM 0.97		1:14AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-
High °C	25	30	30	30	31	29	26	29	29	25	28	23	26	30	23	28	23	29	25	30	24	26
Low °C	22	29	29	29	29	27	24	27	29	24	27	22	23	29	22	23	23	26	24	29	23	25
Chill °C (?)	25	30	30	30	31	29	26	29	29	25	28	23	26	30	23	28	23	29	25	30	24	26
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	-	-	11	-	13	12	-	15	14	13	16	16	16	15	15	4	14	14	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	-	-	13	-	16	16	-	8	8	17	13	14	5	6	14	-	6	19	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	4	5	4	6	5	5	-	7	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	-

	Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	3	20	15	15	12	12	12	4	3	3	11	13	13	16	13	7	7	12
Energy(?)	509	408	392	224	2	436	649	557	665	650	940	4	3	4	583	359	381	524	760	139	150	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.96																				3:34PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)			6:23AM 0.96					10:30PM 0.76						4:56PM -0.02			11:59PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	20	22	25	30	25	25	28	21	19	21	30	30	30	24	21	21	26	22	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	20	22	25	30	25	25	28	21	19	21	30	30	30	24	21	21	26	22	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	-	10	12	9	12	12	12	-	-	-	11	5	10	16	13	5	5	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	7	10	10	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	-	-	-	13	10	5	8	16	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	1.2 E	1.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	-	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	6	6	-	6	7	7	-

	Friday 01
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	3	16	16	16	16	16	16	3	3	3	15	15	15	20	15	4	4	15
Energy(?)	484	417	417	306	3	303	404	399	392	324	324	3	2	2	474	474	545	511	583	27	27	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:44AM 1.13													2:08PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-
High °C	27	21	21	23	29	22	21	26	22	24	26	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	27	21	21	23	29	22	21	26	22	24	26	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	15	15	12	9	12	4	4	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	7	7	10	-	10	7	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	15	15	15	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	7	4	-	4	-	-	4

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