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 07:43 AM and sunset is at 06:01 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | Monday 28 | Tuesday 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 31 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:53PM3.55m | 00:30AM2.42m | 2:38PM3.55m | 2:05AM2.48m | 3:13PM3.53m | 3:17AM2.65m | 3:41PM3.47m | 4:15AM2.85m | 4:01PM3.41m | 5:03AM3.05m | 4:19PM3.35m | 5:46AM3.22m | 4:36PM3.30m | 6:25AM3.37m | 4:56PM3.27m | 7:04AM3.48m | 5:18PM3.24m | 7:43AM3.55m | 5:42PM3.21m | 8:26AM3.59m | 6:09PM3.16m | 9:14AM3.60m | 6:40PM3.08m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:03AM0.34m | 8:20PM1.87m | 7:12AM0.57m | 9:06PM1.54m | 8:13AM0.77m | 9:42PM1.21m | 9:05AM0.97m | 10:11PM0.89m | 9:51AM1.17m | 10:37PM0.59m | 10:32AM1.38m | 11:03PM0.31m | 11:09AM1.58m | 11:29PM0.06m | 11:46AM1.78m | 11:57PM-0.13m | 12:23PM1.96m | 00:28AM-0.27m | 1:02PM2.12m | 1:02AM-0.35m | 1:44PM2.27m | 1:40AM-0.36m | 2:31PM2.40m | 2:21AM-0.31m | ||||||||||||
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cloudy | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
max°C | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 |
Moonrise | 12:24 | — | — | 1:36 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | 3:50 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 9:36 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 11:43 | — | — |
Moonset | — | 3:51 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 4:37 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 7:09 | — |
 | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — |
 | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 12.0 °C (Statistics for 25 Oct 1981-2005 – mean: 10.8 max: 12.1 min: 9.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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