South-Dakota Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

South-Dakota 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 South-Dakota region.

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South-Dakota Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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 South-Dakota	Alabama Point Alabama	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alabama Point Alabama	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alabama Point Alabama	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alabama Point Alabama	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	0	4	0	2	4	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	0	3	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	3.0 NW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	3.0 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 NW	0.8 W	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	5	9	6	15	8	14	14	9	10	9	16	15	15	15	24	21	21	5	19	19	6	9
Energy	10	2354	9	421	2354	558	393	1486	286	1083	749	565	295	641	540	585	1430	28	761	1460	95	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:23AM 8:06AM 0.28 0.29	7:03PM 2.21	8:25PM 1.90	8:32AM 1.17	7:46PM 2.36	9:08PM 2.02	12:54PM 2.29		9:00PM 2.04	10:21AM 1.25		9:16PM 2.32	1:25PM 1.75		11:34PM 2.16	10:25AM 0.41		12:27AM 2.09	11:07AM 0.37	3:03PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	5:53PM 0.01	2:50AM 0.04	6:30AM 0.28		3:41AM -0.21	1:16PM 0.55		4:30AM -0.41	5:51AM -0.68	3:34PM 0.74	4:35AM -0.49		2:56PM 1.09	4:38AM -0.64	6:37AM -0.73	3:50PM 1.10			4:47PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-
High °C	27	14	26	24	14	22	25	12	21	14	17	21	23	20	15	24	12	27	28	13	27	13
Low °C	27	11	26	24	12	20	24	11	15	13	14	20	23	19	14	23	11	27	26	11	27	13
Chill °C (?)	27	12	26	24	13	22	25	12	21	14	17	21	23	20	15	24	12	27	28	12	27	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	7:51	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 NW	0.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 S	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	1.4 NW	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	8	16	6	10	8	14	14	9	7	9	16	15	15	15	8	14	8	9	19	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 S	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	14	8	15	15	10	10	14	10	13	13	11	12	12	24	21	21	-	13	19	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	-	1.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	9	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	5	4	-	6	-

	Wednesday 10				Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South-Dakota	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	3Ms Baja Norte	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alabama Point Alabama	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s)	5	4	16	10	9	9	9	6	6	15	9	8	8	14	14	14	7	14	8	9	9	9
Energy	10	9	1383	1786	2354	2300	2028	13	13	421	2233	1764	2354	1138	1097	558	25	393	1132	1439	1486	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:47PM 2.02	8:05PM 1.26								8:25PM 1.90				8:32AM 1.17				9:38PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 0.01				2:50AM 0.04								2:02AM 0.24								4:30AM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	18	15	11	12	14	26	27	24	14	12	13	16	16	22	28	24	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	27	27	18	15	9	11	13	26	27	24	13	11	12	16	16	22	28	24	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	8	4	16	10	16	16	16	6	6	10	16	15	8	10	10	14	7	14	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	6	9	16	14	15	15	-	-	15	13	13	15	14	14	10	-	10	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10												Thursday 11
	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South-Dakota	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Alabama Point Alabama	3Ms Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	9	5	5	5	4	4	16	5	16	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1557	11	10	10	8	9	787	9	1383	1803	1791	1786	1664	1516	2354	2344	2379	2300	2234	2167	2028	2028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					5:53PM 0.01											2:50AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	27	27	27	27	27	23	27	18	16	15	15	16	16	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	27	27	27	27	27	23	27	18	16	14	15	16	16	9	11	11	11	11	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	4	4	10	5	16	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	6	6	16	6	9	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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