
Minnesota Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts
Minnesota 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 Minnesota region.
Minnesota Wavefinder
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Best forecast wave conditions in Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | 0.6 SE | 0.5 SSE | 0.7 S | 1.7 S | 2.3 SSW | 1.4 S | 0.2 SSE | 0.4 SW | 0.2 ESE | 1.3 SE | 2.1 SSE | - | 0.8 SE | 1.6 SSE | - | - | 2.3 SSW | 1.5 SSW | 2.5 SW | 1.6 SSW | 1.3 SSW | 0.7 SSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Energy(?) | 14 | 10 | 17 | 259 | 674 | 263 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 117 | 509 | 0 | 84 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 675 | 228 | 2059 | 486 | 335 | 113 |
| Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State(?) | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | off | cross- on | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:04PM 0.40 | 9:48PM 0.40 | 10:35PM 0.39 | 11:52PM 0.77 | 11:27PM 0.35 | n/a n/a | 3:23AM 2.65 | 12:01PM 1.12 | 1:36PM 1.39 | 2:42AM 1.39 | 2:50PM 1.34 | 3:50AM 1.43 | ||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:07AM -0.12 | 10:04AM -0.11 | 5:59PM 0.04 | 6:58PM 0.07 | n/a n/a | 9:02PM -0.12 | 5:40AM 0.13 | 6:09PM 0.10 | 8:20AM 0.45 | 8:43PM 0.17 | 9:21AM 0.43 | 9:37PM 0.22 | 10:18AM 0.38 | |||||||||
Summary | some clouds | risk thund- der | risk thund- der | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | cloudy | heavy rain | light rain | cloudy | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | light rain | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds |
Rain (mm) | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
High °C | 23 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Low °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Chill °C (?) | 23 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 14 | -6 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Sunrise | - | 6:07 | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | 7:11 |
Sunset | - | - | 4:58 | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | 4:24 | - | 4:58 | 5:01 | - | 4:57 | 4:55 | - | 4:55 | 4:50 | - | 4:54 | - | - |
| Swell1 (m) & direction | - | 0.1 S | - | 0.1 SE | 0.1 SE | 1.4 S | 0.2 SSE | 0.1 SE | 0.3 NE | 1.3 SE | 0.1 E | - | 0.8 SE | 1.6 SSE | - | - | 0.1 E | 0.1 E | 1.7 SSW | 1.6 SSW | 1.3 SSW | 0.7 SSW |
| Period (s) | - | 8 | - | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | 15 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Swell2 (m) & direction | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 ESE | - | - | 0.4 NE | 0.2 ESE | 0.1 E | - | - | 0.1 E | - | - | 0.1 E | 0.1 E | 0.1 E | 0.1 E | - | 0.5 SSE |
| Period (s) | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 5 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 16 | - | - | 9 | 16 | 14 | 14 | - | 8 |
| Wind waves (m) & direction | 0.6 SE | 0.5 SSE | 0.7 S | 1.7 S | 2.3 SSW | 0.3 NW | 0.3 SSW | 0.4 SW | 0.7 SE | - | 2.1 SSE | 1.6 NNW | 0.5 W | 0.5 WSW | - | - | 2.3 SSW | 1.5 SSW | 2.5 SW | - | 0.5 W | 0.2 WNW |
| Period (s) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 10 | - | 3 | 3 |
List of all animated swell maps
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