North Beach

Evanston, United States

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 1:00 PM Central Daylight Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.3 m) at 4 s, heading toward SW, with light wind toward WNW.

Swell

0.3 m

SW

4 s

Wind

6 km/h

WNW

Tide

0 m

Rising

Weather

18 °C

Heavy drizzle

0 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 3 s

SW

16 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

WNW

0 m

Clear · 20 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 3 s

SW

21 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

WNW

0 m

Overcast · 20 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

SW

22 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

WNW

0 m

Overcast · 20 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

17 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SSW

22 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

NW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

8 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

WNW

0 m

Overcast · 18 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

15 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

WSW

0 m

Heavy rain · 18 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

26 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

WSW

0 m

Overcast · 17 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

33 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

W

0 m

Overcast · 17 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SW

21 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

NW

0 m

Drizzle · 17 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

16 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

NNE

0 m

Heavy rain · 17 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

13 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

NNW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

11 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

W

0 m

Overcast · 18 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WNW

0 m

Heavy drizzle · 18 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

ENE

0 m

Heavy drizzle · 19 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

SW

2 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

SW

0 m

Overcast · 20 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

WSW

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

WSW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 3 s

WSW

8 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 3 s

WSW

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

S

0 m

Overcast · 18 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

WSW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SW

0 m

Light drizzle · 18 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

WSW

5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SW

0 m

Drizzle · 19 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

WSW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SW

0 m

Heavy drizzle · 19 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

WSW

5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

WSW

0 m

Overcast · 19 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 3 s

WSW

13 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

W

0 m

Light drizzle · 19 °C

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