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

	Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	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	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period(s)	8	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	2	5	4	7	-	-	6	5	4	8	8	-	-
Energy	108	16	119	95	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	2	44	0	0	32	12	2	25	32	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:38PM 0.93	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:32PM 1.00	4:33AM 1.34		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		5:47AM 1.07	6:11PM 1.30		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		10:12PM 0.25	10:36AM 0.10	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:08AM 0.05	12:00PM -0.01		12:51AM -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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	-	-	10	8	3	4	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	14
High °C	21	3	11	10	3	8	7	8	4	6	6	5	16	6	7	16	10	10	25	25	10	9
Low °C	21	2	11	9	2	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	15	5	6	15	9	8	24	19	9	8
Chill °C (?)	21	-2	8	8	3	4	2	4	0	2	1	3	14	5	3	16	9	7	25	25	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 SE	-	1.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	16	5	8	8	-	-	-	6	4	-	5	4	7	-	6	6	5	4	8	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	12	12	-	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	7	-	-	8	5	4	6	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	-	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 NW	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	5	5	-	5	6	4	2	2	-	-	3	3	-	3	5	4	4	5	-	-

	Sunday 10					Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-
Period(s)	8	4	5	7	7	7	5	5	4	4	8	8	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Energy	127	17	37	100	94	67	9	4	1	3	86	88	59	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	low	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	3:47PM 1.10				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)	8:39AM 0.18	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:07PM 0.32		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			10:08PM 0.21		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	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	3	2	2
Temp. °C	21	4	3	21	16	15	3	3	4	4	9	10	10	11	2	4	8	7	5	7	8	5
Chill °C (?)	21	-1	-2	21	15	14	1	1	1	0	9	10	9	9	-2	0	4	2	0	2	4	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	-	7	7	7	5	5	4	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	11	11	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	7	-	4

	Sunday 10	Monday 11
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 W
Period(s)	7	5	5	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	124	11	9	127	97	97	26	36	37	39	67	100	100	115	20	22	44	16	14	14	9	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 0.18	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				9:04PM 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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	3	3	22	20	21	4	4	3	3	23	21	20	19	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Chill °C (?)	19	-1	-1	22	20	21	-1	-1	-2	-2	23	21	20	19	-1	-2	-1	-1	0	0	1	3
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.2 W	0.1 W	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	5	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 W	-	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	-	9	16	16	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

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