Great Lakes Surf

Detailed Great Lakes surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Great Lakes. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Great Lakes. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Great Lakes over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Great Lakes and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Great Lakes Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	0	89	114	153	107	113	126	92	0	0	124	152	133	95	82	68	157	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:17PM		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		5:03AM	5:42PM		5:50AM 4:08PM	6:23PM		6:34AM	7:02PM		7:15AM	7:39PM		7:56AM
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:45PM	11:10AM		11:36PM	11:47AM		12:23AM	12:23PM		1:06AM 9:49PM	12:58PM		1:48AM	1:34PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	14	14	13	17
Low °C	14	15	14	16	13	13	13	12	10	11	11	10	12	11	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	10	8	10	10	13	13	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	9:09	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	-	-	11	11	11	10	6	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	7	6	6	10	-	-	6	5	-	-	10	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	-	8	9	8	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	82	55	0	0	77	89	117	249	114	173	153	133	109	107	107	109	113	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a			4:12AM 1.26				4:58PM 1.23					5:03AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.19	11:19AM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:49PM 0.34				10:28AM 0.23				10:45PM 0.31					11:10AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	20	17	14	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	14	15	13	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.0 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	9	9	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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