Des Moines Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:13 AM and sunset is at 08:02 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:14PM2.46m | 3:41AM3.43m | 3:25PM2.60m | 4:06AM3.39m | 4:21PM2.78m | 4:25AM3.35m | 5:08PM2.95m | 5:51PM3.12m | 6:32PM3.26m | 5:18AM3.27m | 7:13PM3.37m | 5:40AM3.25m | 7:55PM3.45m | 6:05AM3.22m | 8:41PM3.49m | 6:33AM3.18m | 9:33PM3.50m | 7:05AM3.10m | 10:30PM3.51m | 7:45AM2.98m | 11:31PM3.53m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:28AM1.64m | 8:36PM0.67m | 10:00AM1.33m | 9:25PM0.82m | 10:28AM1.02m | 10:07PM1.00m | 10:54AM0.70m | 10:46PM1.19m | 11:19AM0.40m | 11:22PM1.40m | 11:46AM0.12m | 11:59PM1.60m | 12:15PM-0.11m | 00:36AM1.80m | 12:47PM-0.29m | 1:14AM1.99m | 1:22PM-0.40m | 1:57AM2.17m | 2:02PM-0.45m | 2:46AM2.32m | 2:46PM-0.42m | 3:45AM2.42m | 3:36PM-0.33m | 4:58AM2.42m | ||||||||||||
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 1.0 | — | — | 3 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4 | |
max°C | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Moonrise | 2:47 | — | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:32 | — | — | 10:46 | — | — | 11:57 | — | — | — | 1:03 | — | — | 1:58 | — | — |
Moonset | 4:39 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:59 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — |
 | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:19 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 10.8 °C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 9.6 max: 10.8 min: 8.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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