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

	Thu	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Ocean City 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	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
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 SE	-	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	4	-	-	5	7	-	-	7	9	8	7	6	6	5	9	-	2	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	39	0	0	62	126	0	0	189	456	262	121	48	28	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	30	2	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	17	-5	-1	16	12	-7	-3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	8	-13	-16	-12	-9	-10
Low °C	4	3	14	-6	-4	14	9	-9	-5	-2	-1	0	1	1	2	-13	7	-15	-20	-17	-10	-11
Chill °C (?)	3	-1	16	-9	-6	14	11	-15	-10	-6	-6	-4	-2	-4	-4	-3	4	-24	-26	-16	-15	-17
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	11	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	6	5	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 N	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 E	1.1 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 NE	1.0 S	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	3	5	-	3	-	7	9	8	7	3	4	3	6	3	2	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 09	Saturday 10	Sunday 11
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 NNW	1.0 S	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	6	5	8	6	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	9	0	0	0	0	13	7	3	115	54	200	56	0	0	0	84	201	235	179	96	70	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	8	14	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	7	1	5	2	-
Temp. °C	4	6	6	4	4	3	1	-2	2	17	0	-1	-4	-1	0	13	13	14	12	9	8	6
Chill °C (?)	1	3	5	0	-1	-3	-6	-7	1	16	-2	-5	-9	-6	-5	12	12	13	11	6	5	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	0.1 E	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	5	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	6	-	-	-	10	-	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	10	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.9 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	-	1.0 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.5 S	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	3	3	4	4	3	3	-	5	-	2	3	3	4	5	7	-	-	3	3	3

	Thursday 08	Friday 09
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	0.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	8	8	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Energy(?)	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	619	8	1117	1476	0	0	0	13	22	21	28	27	35	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	11	8	8	9	3	3	4	10	12	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	7	6	3	5	-2	-3	-1	7	10	12	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	6	6	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	2.4 S	0.4 SE	3.0 S	3.5 S	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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