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 06:48 AM and sunset is at 07:37 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 5°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 6°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:00AM12.21ft | 9:04PM11.71ft | 7:37AM11.81ft | 10:14PM11.42ft | 8:19AM11.16ft | 11:32PM11.16ft | 9:10AM10.34ft | 00:53AM11.16ft | 10:18AM9.42ft | 2:04AM11.32ft | 11:51AM8.73ft | 2:58AM11.52ft | 1:31PM8.5ft | 3:41AM11.65ft | 2:56PM8.73ft | 4:15AM11.61ft | 4:02PM9.19ft | 4:41AM11.48ft | 4:56PM9.65ft | 5:02AM11.29ft | 5:41PM10.11ft | 5:19AM11.02ft | 6:23PM10.5ft | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:03PM-1.97ft | 2:21AM6.14ft | 2:53PM-1.94ft | 3:18AM7.09ft | 3:49PM-1.44ft | 4:29AM7.74ft | 4:52PM-0.69ft | 6:07AM7.87ft | 6:03PM0.07ft | 7:56AM7.25ft | 7:16PM0.69ft | 9:05AM6.2ft | 8:22PM1.21ft | 9:52AM5.09ft | 9:18PM1.71ft | 10:28AM4ft | 10:04PM2.26ft | 10:59AM2.99ft | 10:45PM2.95ft | 11:26AM2.03ft | 11:22PM3.64ft | 11:52AM1.21ft | 11:57PM4.36ft | |||||||||||||
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.04 | 0.2 | 0.04 | — | 0.08 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.04 | |
max°F | 48 | 52 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 43 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 66 | 63 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 61 | 57 | 59 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 45 |
Moonrise | 8:07 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 11:56 | — | — | 1:11 | — | — | 2:25 | — | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 4:44 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 8:03 | — |
Moonset | — | — | — | 12:51 | — | — | 2:08 | — | — | 3:10 | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 4:29 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
 | 6:48 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — |
 | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 49 °F (Statistics for 01 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 48 max: 51 min: 46°F) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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