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

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
Energy(?)	185	234	214	111	135	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM		5:52AM 5:04AM	6:24PM		6:50AM	7:02PM		9:00AM			7:51AM		8:10PM	8:26AM 5:41PM	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM		12:11AM	12:13PM		12:43AM	1:01PM		1:16AM		12:02PM	1:58AM		2:04PM	2:38AM		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	12	11	16	16	4	3	2	2	4	7	1	6	5	-2	19	5
Low °C	7	8	9	10	11	9	3	3	0	1	2	3	0	3	-5	-6	17	0
Chill °C (?)	5	7	11	9	16	16	-1	-3	-4	2	4	6	-5	3	1	-9	19	2
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	15	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	15	14	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Energy(?)	182	187	185	223	234	204	175	214	220	219	111	143	135	108	80	54	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.33				5:56PM 1.11				7:38AM 0.44				6:24PM 1.08			n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				11:34AM 0.12				11:48PM 0.16				12:13PM 0.09				12:33AM 0.11	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	10	11	16	16	11	9	4	4
Chill °C (?)	3	3	5	5	7	7	8	9	11	13	8	10	16	16	8	7	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	15	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	3	4	-	-

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