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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.5 N	0.1 W	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	-	6	6	6	6	2	3	5	-	-	5	5	10	5	12	14	11	12	-	-	-	4
Energy(?)	0	125	160	64	21	1	5	1	0	0	51	56	135	14	72	139	69	69	0	0	0	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	-6	-3	-2	-3	-3	-3	-19	-17	-15	-14	-9	-5	-6	-6	-2	-2	0	1	0	0	-2	9
Low °C	-10	-6	-2	-4	-9	-4	-24	-22	-19	-19	-11	-5	-8	-10	-2	-4	-4	0	-2	0	-3	8
Chill °C (?)	-12	-10	-8	-8	-9	-8	-30	-24	-21	-21	-16	-10	-9	-12	-8	-6	-2	-2	-5	-6	-9	6
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	10	5	12	10	11	12	-	-	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	14	5	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	-	0.7 N	0.3 SW	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 NNW	0.7 SE	0.6 NW	0.9 N	0.5 N	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	3	2	3	-	-	3	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	-	3	-	-	4

	Wed	Thursday 05	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	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	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	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	-	-	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NW	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period(s) (?)	4	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	5	5	7	7	6	5	-
Energy(?)	1	0	0	17	125	200	160	72	69	64	69	43	21	14	13	58	62	424	51	2	1	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-10	-7	-6	-7	-6	-3	-2	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-3	-9	-13	-3	-4	-3	0	-24	-22	-17
Chill °C (?)	-14	-11	-12	-13	-13	-10	-8	-7	-8	-7	-7	-4	-9	-18	-24	-5	-4	-7	-5	-33	-30	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	-	5	-	7	6	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	-	0.8 W	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	2	3	3	3	5	5	7	-	2	-	-

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	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	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	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.7 NE	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	6	-	-	3	4	6	6	6
Energy(?)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	17	46	80	125	0	0	1	36	178	160	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-10	-10	-9	-8	-7	-7	-7	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-11	-11	-11	-1	-2	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	-16	-14	-14	-14	-12	-11	-11	-12	-12	-13	-13	-13	-14	-13	-13	-15	-11	-11	-6	-8	-8	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	4	6	6	6

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