Mackinac Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Lake Huron – United States)

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Mackinac Island Surf Guide

Mackinac Island in Lake Huron is an exposed beach break that has unreliable waves Works best in offshore winds from the west southwest. Short period wind swells are the rule and the best wave direction is from the northeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care to avoid the rocks.

Mackinac Island Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3.0
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
inconsistent	1.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Mackinac Island:

The best conditions reported for surf at Mackinac Island occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

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Explore Mackinac Island Location Map

Interactive Mackinac Island surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Mackinac Island is Sault Ste Marie Airport (YAM) in Canada, which is 80 km (50 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Mackinac Island is Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport (YZE), also in Canada, 141 km (88 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Mackinac Island Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 09:51 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 19
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)
Period (s)	-	-	-	-
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross

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Mackinac Island Sea Temperature

Extremely low water temperature (1.9 °C) at Mackinac Island is close to freezing. Even with a thick quality winter wetsuit, neoprene hood, gloves and boots it will be difficult for surfers to stay in the sea for very long today. Dangerously cold and cloudy, with below freezing wind chill temperatures (-15.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.