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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	-	-	-	7	6	9	6	4	5	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	157	138	0	0	0	272	46	41	142	9	46	44	124	53	2	54	65	137	83	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.85	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:06PM 1.12	4:53AM 1.06	5:23AM 1.38	5:54PM 1.26		6:11AM 1.44	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	9:46AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 0.21		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:28PM 0.14	11:28AM 0.13		11:43PM 0.13	12:10PM 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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	4	-	5	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11
High °C	13	15	3	3	11	7	3	24	22	11	15	3	9	28	4	6	26	24	23	9	11	7
Low °C	12	14	2	3	10	6	2	23	20	10	12	2	9	27	3	4	25	21	20	7	9	2
Chill °C (?)	11	14	-2	-3	8	3	1	24	22	8	14	0	9	28	4	4	26	24	23	5	8	3
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	7	6	9	10	-	-	6	-	9	4	-	8	8	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	7	5	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.6 SE	2.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	7	-	-	5	5	6	4	5	5	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11							Sunday 12								Monday 13
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Wedge Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	6	5	5	5
Energy(?)	353	363	5	5	138	235	135	103	92	113	0	1	3	136	0	0	0	94	46	17	11	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:38AM 0.96		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:10PM 1.01				4:29AM 1.33		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	6:15PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a			9:47PM 0.31				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	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	0	1	15	15	13	11	9	7	3	3	4	11	7	5	5	3	2	4	4	24
Chill °C (?)	13	14	-4	-1	14	15	13	9	6	4	-3	-3	-1	9	3	1	2	1	0	4	4	24
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	6	5	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	3	-	7	8	8	8	7	-	-	5	5	-	-	5

	Saturday 11																					Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Wedge Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	10
Energy(?)	360	360	4	4	215	356	170	167	157	152	5	5	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:38AM 0.96		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)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a				9:52AM 0.28			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	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	-3	-3	14	15	12	12	12	12	1	1	1	6	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	-6	-7	13	14	9	9	10	10	-2	-1	-1	3	0	0	0	-1	-2	-2	-2	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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