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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	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	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Long Point Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	13	6	6	5	4	5	8	6	-	7	6	10	3	3	4	5	7	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	465	20	7	4	20	11	331	155	0	4	18	23	3	2	2	37	440	9	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.11		6:39AM 1.17	6:52PM 1.11		9:04AM 0.53	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	12:07PM 0.09		12:31AM 0.02	12:52PM 0.06		1:09AM 0.01		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	17	9	1	-	-	-	6	3	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	12	11	14	15	12	12	11	18	11	10	6	6	12	8	10	12	11	10
Low °C	14	15	15	13	11	10	13	15	10	11	11	17	11	7	6	6	11	7	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	13	9	8	12	13	9	9	9	17	9	7	2	2	9	5	8	10	8	9
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:26	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	6	5	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	10	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 N	1.3 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	5	8	6	5	4	3	6	3	3	4	5	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	13	12	11	12	6	6	6	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	8
Energy(?)	188	187	212	610	350	315	411	12	12	7	5	2	4	9	20	17	12	11	6	10	15	828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)				5:57AM 1.12				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 0.03				12:07PM 0.09	2:09PM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	10	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	15	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	15	17	17	16	14	15	15	13	11	9	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	13	12	11	12	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	16	13	13	12	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.7 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	4	5	-	5	4	8

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4
Energy(?)	169	180	188	196	183	187	183	163	146	80	70	43	34	25	20	18	21	24	23	21	20	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				11:51PM 0.03				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	-	-	4	4	5	-	4	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	5	-	4

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