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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period(s)	7	6	4	4	11	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	4	9	9	9	-	-
Energy	230	11	8	1	281	204	207	0	108	84	71	55	95	86	78	68	2	40	46	29	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	4	3	3	3	14	17	15	2	13	12	10	12	12	11	15	15	4	18	15	18	9	6
Low °C	2	3	3	2	11	16	8	1	12	10	10	12	7	7	13	11	4	17	12	12	9	5
Chill °C (?)	-2	1	-1	-1	12	16	14	-2	11	11	9	11	12	9	14	14	0	18	14	18	7	6
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	5	4	11	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	4	9	6	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	-	-	4	5	6	-	4	4	5	5	10	8	8	7	-	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	0.4 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	4	-	3	3	3	-	2	4	-	-	3	4	2	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30	Friday 01
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.1 E	1.5 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	-
Period(s)	9	10	8	10	10	10	6	6	4	4	4	4	10	-	-	11	10	10	10	10	10	-
Energy	1385	230	307	186	186	190	11	3	8	4	3	1	250	0	0	274	204	161	213	207	97	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross
Tide State	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	12	3	12	12	12	3	3	3	3	3	3	15	2	3	16	17	15	12	10	9	1
Chill °C (?)	-2	11	-3	11	11	11	0	-1	-2	-1	0	0	14	-1	-1	16	16	14	10	7	6	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	6	6	5	-	4	4	10	-	-	11	10	10	10	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	9	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	5	5	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	3	-

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.1 E	3.0 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.3 W
Period(s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Energy	1172	234	1385	230	230	230	565	411	307	249	173	230	225	164	56	230	230	190	230	231	124	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	12	4	12	12	12	4	4	3	3	3	3	12	2	2	12	12	12	12	13	13	3
Chill °C (?)	-2	10	-2	11	11	11	-2	-1	-3	-2	-2	-2	11	-1	-1	11	11	11	11	12	11	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 W	1.1 E	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	8	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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