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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	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	The Hut - Paradise Cove CAL - Santa Barbara	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	7	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	2	9	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	20	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	12940	1256	2298	1935	2023	2027	4118	6258	2264	3675	3652	593	4527	10929	5340	3622	2551	1800	2557	1907	1356	509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 2.01	12:50PM 2.45		2:35AM 1.90	1:35PM 2.34		12:54AM 1.48	1:07PM 2.03		3:37AM 1.88		2:24PM 2.29	4:23AM 1.80		3:11PM 2.14		5:12AM 1.23	2:32PM 1.56		6:21AM 1.25	3:32PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	7:14PM -0.02		6:57AM 0.81		8:19PM -0.06	7:59AM 0.81	7:13PM -0.01		7:15AM 0.97		8:55PM 0.02	8:34AM 1.15		9:34PM 0.09	9:40AM 1.07		12:05AM 0.72	8:34AM 1.09		10:25PM 0.13	9:52AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	12	15	17	16	23	15	14	12	13	9	12	13	13	17	16
Low °C	15	14	14	15	12	11	13	11	13	17	15	20	15	11	10	13	9	10	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	16	16	23	14	13	12	12	7	12	12	13	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	17	13	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	12	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	20	15	16	16	21	19	14	20	20	13	18	18	18	18	16	-	17	17	17	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	5

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South-Dakota	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	The Hut - Paradise Cove CAL - Santa Barbara	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	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	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	17	17	16	16	15	16	18	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	19	16	13	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	12259	11404	10470	7898	6739	5342	5639	1858	2617	1468	1642	1779	1906	2038	3205	5945	5011	4118	7021	6818	6258	6012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 2.44				1:53AM 1.93			10:24AM 2.06	12:13PM 2.08					2:15AM 2.01			1:39PM 2.73					2:07AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14PM -0.02				5:35AM 0.70				7:46PM -0.02				7:59AM 0.81				7:13PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	13	13	12	12	13	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	14	12	13	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	12	11	11	13	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	10	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	19	17	17	16	16	15	16	18	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	18	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	16	16	16	22	20	19	-	19	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 21												Wednesday 22
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South-Dakota	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Newport-The Box Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	The Hut - Paradise Cove CAL - Santa Barbara	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Nesika Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	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	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	19	18	18	17	19	12	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	5232	15765	12259	13444	13143	12940	5562	736	8039	6223	8369	7791	7344	6667	6739	6334	2111	6261	6184	5981	5639	5382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 2.44													1:53AM 1.93		3:22AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)																			5:35AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	15	16	15	14	15	17	17	15	15	15	14	12	12	9	14	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	15	16	15	14	15	17	17	15	15	15	13	11	11	7	14	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	13	19	19	18	18	17	19	12	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	-	-	-	-	13	15	16	16	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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