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

	Wed		Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	0.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	5	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6
Energy(?)	16	57	402	510	599	29	604	629	12	6	6	5	20	17	50	26	19	14	36	0	0	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-
High °C	-11	-9	-8	-7	-5	-11	-6	-4	-11	-9	-8	-9	-2	-9	-8	-3	-3	1	3	4	1	13
Low °C	-12	-14	-9	-7	-10	-15	-7	-10	-14	-9	-15	-13	-3	-12	-14	-4	-6	-1	2	3	-2	12
Chill °C (?)	-21	-20	-18	-17	-13	-14	-12	-12	-11	-9	-15	-16	-7	-15	-14	-8	-8	-5	-2	-1	-6	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	-	8	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	0.9 NW	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	8	9	8	5	8	8	-	-	2	-	4	3	5	5	5	3	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	5	4	4	5	5	5	8	8	9	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	94	35	41	57	69	59	402	447	510	200	448	503	351	549	534	145	69	156	207	351	432	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-9	-12	-14	-13	-18	-19	-9	-8	-7	-9	-7	-8	-10	-10	-8	-7	-10	-11	-8	-9	-8	-10
Chill °C (?)	-15	-23	-25	-23	-26	-26	-20	-18	-17	-13	-17	-17	-15	-16	-8	-16	-13	-15	-14	-14	-14	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	7	7	10	10	10	-	10	9	8	-	-	9	7	-	7	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	4	4	5	5	5	8	8	9	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	7

	Wednesday 31	Thursday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	7	4	5	7	7	7	8	5	5	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	88	12	16	20	111	123	35	40	41	326	37	57	46	763	700	221	61	59	43	1	202	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-11	-11	-11	-10	-11	-13	-13	-14	-3	-14	-13	-9	-7	-9	-9	-18	-19	-20	-14	-12	-11
Chill °C (?)	-15	-21	-21	-22	-17	-19	-24	-24	-25	-9	-25	-23	-17	-16	-19	-20	-26	-26	-27	-23	-21	-20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	7	-	-	11	7	7	7	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.9 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	7	4	5	3	7	7	8	5	5	5	5	6	6

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