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 07:17 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 4°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 2°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 2°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 3°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:28PM3.24m | 5:56AM3.68m | 6:19PM3.36m | 6:19AM3.71m | 7:12PM3.44m | 6:46AM3.72m | 8:09PM3.45m | 7:16AM3.69m | 9:11PM3.41m | 7:51AM3.61m | 10:21PM3.34m | 8:31AM3.47m | 11:43PM3.30m | 9:21AM3.27m | 1:10AM3.35m | 10:30AM3.04m | 2:22AM3.45m | 12:01PM2.85m | 3:16AM3.56m | 1:38PM2.80m | 3:58AM3.64m | 3:03PM2.87m | 4:33AM3.67m | 4:12PM2.99m | 5:01AM3.66m | 5:10PM3.12m | 5:26AM3.61m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:44AM0.95m | 11:42PM0.53m | 12:18PM0.53m | 00:20AM0.79m | 12:54PM0.15m | 1:01AM1.11m | 1:34PM-0.16m | 1:43AM1.47m | 2:18PM-0.35m | 2:30AM1.83m | 3:07PM-0.42m | 3:24AM2.15m | 4:04PM-0.37m | 4:32AM2.40m | 5:09PM-0.24m | 6:06AM2.48m | 6:21PM-0.11m | 7:52AM2.32m | 7:34PM0.01m | 9:07AM1.98m | 8:40PM0.12m | 9:58AM1.59m | 9:36PM0.27m | 10:39AM1.20m | 10:24PM0.46m | 11:15AM0.84m | 11:07PM0.69m | 11:48AM0.52m | |||||||||||||||||||
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light rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | heavy rain | mod rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | |
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1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | |
max°C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
Moonrise | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | 10:55 | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 1:29 | — | — | 2:49 | — | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 8:53 | — |
Moonset | 7:20 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | — | 12:52 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 3:19 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:42 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — |
 | 7:17 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:38 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 9.0° C (Statistics for 18 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.7 max: 10.2 min: 7.5°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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