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 07:50 AM and sunset is at 04:19 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Tue morning, min -1°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Sun morning, min 0°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:00PM3.24m | 5:23AM3.64m | 2:32PM3.21m | 5:59AM3.76m | 3:05PM3.20m | 6:32AM3.84m | 3:41PM3.19m | 7:04AM3.89m | 4:19PM3.16m | 7:34AM3.93m | 5:01PM3.09m | 8:05AM3.95m | 5:48PM2.96m | 8:35AM3.97m | 6:44PM2.80m | 9:06AM3.97m | 7:53PM2.61m | 9:37AM3.94m | 9:15PM2.47m | 10:10AM3.90m | 10:49PM2.47m | 10:44AM3.86m | 00:30AM2.65m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:33AM2.45m | 9:36PM-0.22m | 10:19AM2.52m | 10:10PM-0.35m | 11:00AM2.55m | 10:43PM-0.43m | 11:38AM2.54m | 11:17PM-0.48m | 12:17PM2.51m | 11:53PM-0.46m | 12:58PM2.43m | 00:29AM-0.38m | 1:43PM2.30m | 1:06AM-0.21m | 2:31PM2.10m | 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 | ||||||||||||
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clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | mod rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | |
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— | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
max°C | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Moonrise | 6:04 | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 10:10 | — | — | 10:35 | — | — | 10:55 | — | — | 11:12 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | 12:02 | — | — |
Moonset | 2:15 | — | — | 2:51 | — | — | — | 3:38 | — | — | 4:36 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 10:33 | — | — | 11:47 | — | — | — | 1:04 | — | — |
 | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — |
 | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:21 | — | — | 4:21 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:24 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 10.7° C (Statistics for 17 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 8.7 max: 10.2 min: 7.5°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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