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 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 SE	0.4 W	0.9 SE	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-
Period(s)	4	9	7	5	7	5	4	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-
Energy	1	26	123	8	94	14	2	6	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	20	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2	1	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	8
High °C	7	17	18	4	21	3	4	4	3	9	12	8	4	6	5	5	8	10	9	16	17	12
Low °C	6	16	17	4	20	2	3	4	2	4	12	4	4	5	2	3	5	7	8	15	16	11
Chill °C (?)	5	16	18	1	21	-2	1	0	2	5	10	4	1	1	0	4	8	7	7	16	17	10
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	1.1 SE	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	4	9	7	6	9	5	4	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	4	11	9	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 W	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	7	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10	Monday 11
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period(s)	4	-	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	4
Energy	2	0	1	2	14	29	111	78	129	113	114	75	38	87	94	66	94	4	2	3	6	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	6	7	6	5	4	18	18	17	17	22	20	3	22	20	18	16	3	4	4	4	3
Chill °C (?)	1	5	5	3	0	-1	18	18	17	17	22	20	-2	22	20	18	16	1	1	0	1	2
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	5	4	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Saturday 09	Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 S	0.4 E	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.4 WNW	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s)	5	4	4	4	-	-	5	9	5	5	5	9	3	9	5	9	6	5	5	5	5	6
Energy	2	2	2	1	0	0	62	38	67	80	85	20	4	26	88	26	107	29	32	25	30	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	5	6	6	6	17	17	17	16	17	17	5	16	16	16	18	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	1	2	1	2	4	5	16	16	16	14	16	16	1	15	15	15	18	-1	-1	-1	-1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	9	9	6	-	-	-	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	11	-	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	6

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