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 — and sunset is at —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Low air temperatures (max 6°C on Thu morning, min 3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 6°C on Tue afternoon, min 2°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat morning, calm by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Mon 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:06AM3.97m | 7:53PM2.61m | 9:37AM3.94m | 9:15PM2.47m | 10:10AM3.90m | 10:49PM2.47m | 10:44AM3.86m | 00:30AM2.65m | 11:20AM3.82m | 2:04AM2.99m | 12:01PM3.79m | 3:19AM3.37m | 12:46PM3.77m | 4:19AM3.71m | 1:33PM3.70m | 5:08AM3.95m | 2:28PM3.68m | 5:52AM4.10m | 3:23PM3.62m | 6:33AM4.17m | 4:20PM3.51m | 7:12AM4.18m | 5:18PM3.33m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:46AM0.05m | 3:23PM1.82m | 2:28AM0.42m | 4:16PM1.46m | 3:15AM0.88m | 5:09PM1.02m | 4:09AM1.38m | 6:01PM0.55m | 5:14AM1.87m | 6:52PM0.07m | 6:28AM2.27m | 7:43PM-0.36m | 7:45AM2.54m | 8:31PM-0.69m | 8:57AM2.68m | 9:20PM-0.93m | 10:00AM2.65m | 10:09PM-1.05m | 10:56AM2.55m | 10:56PM-1.02m | 11:49AM2.38m | 11:42PM-0.86m | 12:41PM2.16m | |||||||||||||
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some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | mod rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | |
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— | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Moonrise | — | 11:12 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 12:50 | — | — | 1:28 | — | — | 2:20 | — | — | — | 3:29 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 7:38 |
Moonset | 9:19 | — | — | 10:33 | — | — | 11:47 | — | — | — | 1:04 | — | — | 2:24 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 6:38 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:47 | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — |
 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:25 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:29 | — | — | 4:30 | — | — | 4:30 | — | — | 4:31 | — | — | 4:32 |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 9.7° C (Statistics for 24 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 8.5 max: 9.8 min: 7.3°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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