Zion Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Lake Michigan)

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Zion Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell N | Wind SW

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.3 °C

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Thursday, 20 June 2013, 07:28 Local time

m, °C	Wed	Thursday 20
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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Zion in Lake Michigan is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf Offshore winds blow from the southwest. Short period wind swells are the rule and the ideal wave angle is from the north. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Rocks are a hazard.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Chain Bridge, DC, 990 miles from Zion.

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At BUOY-KNSW3, 4 km from Zion.

light winds from the S

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Air temperature
15.3 °C

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Visitor Reviews of Zion

Surfdeep from UNITED STATES writes:

Six good breaks within a 5-mile drive. This classic surf area was first ridden in the very early sixties by Zion's "DUNES BEACH SURF CLUB". Points, coves, bays, and even a reef, groom north swells. The Cove is a protected spot that has a gradual sandy beach good for beginners. Balls Reef breaks only on the biggest swells of the year. Other spots include Logan, The Lodge, Pookie's, The Cape, and Juicy Hole. Can be ridden most of the year, best from mid-summer to late autumn.

2010-09-06

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Zion: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Racine	16 mi
Second closest break	Whitefish Bay	48 mi
Third closest break	Chicago Breaks	60 mi
Fourth closest break	Whiting Gun Club	67 mi
Fifth closest break	Ogden Dune	77 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Zion:
Closest wave buoy	Grand Traverse Bay Buoy	186 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Lake St Clair Buoy	262 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Erie Buoy	285 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Huron Buoy	294 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Southern Lake Huron Buoy	295 mi
Tide stations nearest to Zion:
Closest tide station	Chain Bridge	614 mi
Second closest tide station	Chain Bridge, one miles below	615 mi
Third closest tide station	Key Bridge	618 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Fredericksburg, Rappahannock River	620 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Quantico Creek	620 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Zion:
Closest ski area	Wilmot Mountain (United States)	22 mi
Second closest ski area	Raging Buffalo Snowboard Ski Park (United States)	33 mi
Third closest ski area	Grand Geneva (United States)	34 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Alpine Valley Resort (United States)	36 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Villa Olivia (United States)	47 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Zion:
Closest city location	Kenosha (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Racine (United States)	7 mi
Third closest city location	Gurnee (United States)	18 mi
Fourth closest city location	Waukegan (United States)	18 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oak Creek (United States)	19 mi

The closest passenger airport to Zion is Waukegan Rgnl (Chicago) Airport (UGN) in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Zion is General Mitchell International (Milwaukee) Airport (MKE), also in USA, 37 km (23 miles) away.
Third is Chicago Ohare International Airport (ORD) in USA, 72 km (45 miles) away.
Du Page (West Chicago) Airport (DPA) in USA is 87 km (54 miles) away.
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Zion and is 93 km (58 miles) away.

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Zion, Lake Michigan. Use the tab navigation above to view Zion sea temperature, Zion photographs, Zion detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Zion webcams, current wind from Lake Michigan live weather stations and Zion tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Zion.

Zion Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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