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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Assateague Maryland	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia
Rating	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	1.7 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.2 E	-	0.1 W	0.6 SE	1.2 E	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.5 SE
Period(s)	6	-	6	7	8	9	-	5	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	8	-	7
Energy	37	0	226	1	2	248	0	1	28	154	2	0	0	0	0	6	177	180	155	79	0	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.23	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:31AM 0.49		2:32PM 1.00	2:47AM 1.09		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)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:34PM 0.07	8:36AM 0.08		8:48PM 0.18	11:42AM 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	14	3	22	1	1	-
High °C	17	16	22	12	10	9	6	4	9	9	5	7	8	12	15	11	11	9	12	12	10	16
Low °C	15	11	20	7	7	8	6	3	9	9	4	5	5	6	14	9	10	4	11	12	9	12
Chill °C (?)	17	15	22	9	6	6	6	4	6	5	5	6	6	10	14	8	7	6	10	11	7	15
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.6 SE	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	7	8	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	8	5	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	11	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	2.4 SE	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	-	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	-	-	-	2	4	7	6	7	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.7 E	-	0.1 W
Period(s)	5	-	-	6	6	6	9	9	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	-	6
Energy	76	0	0	51	57	55	72	68	226	321	341	341	1	2	2	2	2	9	1	68	0	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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	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			7:27AM 0.06			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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	4	-	-	-	-	1	9	10	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	9	8	19	15	14	18	20	22	20	17	16	7	7	10	13	9	6	6	7	6	3
Chill °C (?)	17	9	6	19	15	14	18	20	22	20	16	15	3	2	6	11	6	6	3	7	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	7:42	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	9	-	-	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	7	9	9	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3

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	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	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy	110	0	0	34	38	30	31	33	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:21PM 0.11				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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	8	8	19	17	17	17	19	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	14	9	11
Chill °C (?)	18	7	7	19	17	17	17	19	11	10	10	10	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	13	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4

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