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 07:22 AM and sunset is at 07:14 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Mon afternoon, min 2°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Tue afternoon, min 2°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 68mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue night, min 6°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:40AM3.54m | 6:57PM3.16m | 6:57AM3.47m | 7:41PM3.17m | 7:17AM3.39m | 8:29PM3.15m | 7:39AM3.30m | 9:21PM3.11m | 8:04AM3.21m | 10:22PM3.05m | 8:31AM3.10m | 11:37PM3.03m | 9:02AM2.98m | 1:05AM3.08m | 9:45AM2.86m | 2:21AM3.20m | 10:55AM2.75m | 3:13AM3.35m | 12:25PM2.70m | 3:48AM3.48m | 1:48PM2.77m | 4:15AM3.58m | 3:01PM2.92m | 4:39AM3.65m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:55PM0.76m | 00:53AM0.93m | 1:25PM0.55m | 1:27AM1.22m | 1:57PM0.38m | 2:04AM1.52m | 2:33PM0.27m | 2:43AM1.82m | 3:14PM0.23m | 3:29AM2.11m | 4:00PM0.23m | 4:26AM2.36m | 4:55PM0.25m | 5:45AM2.52m | 5:58PM0.25m | 7:28AM2.53m | 7:03PM0.21m | 8:46AM2.36m | 8:04PM0.15m | 9:31AM2.09m | 8:58PM0.11m | 10:06AM1.73m | 9:47PM0.14m | |||||||||||||
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rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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5 | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | — | 1.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2.0 | — | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | — | — | 5 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 2.0 | 3 | 2.0 | |
max°C | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
Moonrise | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 10:14 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | — | 12:31 | — | — | 1:40 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 3:43 | — | — | 4:30 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — |
Moonset | 7:47 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | 9:31 | — | — | 10:12 | — | — | 11:06 | — | — | 12:12 | — | — | 1:28 | — | — | 2:49 | — | — | — | 4:12 | — |
 | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — |
 | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 8.2 °C (Statistics for 15 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.7 max: 10.2 min: 7.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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