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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	2.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	0.9 S	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SE	0.8 S	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	7	6	7	8	5	-	-	3	8	8	4	8	8	10	6	6	10	6	10
Energy(?)	0	0	0	170	83	40	514	2	0	0	1	1048	657	33	774	976	802	330	9	17	63	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-2	-1	-2	-7	-8	-4	-7	-5	-6	-7	-2	-2	-3	2	6	3	5	0	14	16	15
Low °C	-6	-5	-2	-7	-8	-9	-6	-10	-7	-9	-10	-2	-4	-7	0	4	2	4	-1	11	15	12
Chill °C (?)	-10	-6	-8	-9	-16	-17	-12	-14	-11	-14	-11	-10	-10	-10	-5	0	-3	0	-5	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	9	7	-	5	-	-	-	8	-	6	8	-	7	7	6	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	-	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	2.1 W	0.3 NNW	-	1.5 NNW	0.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	0.9 S	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 SE	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	6	3	8	2	-	6	3	8	8	4	8	8	10	6	6	6	6	6

	Thu	Friday 12	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	2.1 W	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	3	3	7	7
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	37	170	195	175	83	71	40	26	16	9	7	3	440	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-2	-1	-2	-2	-4	-6	-7	-7	-8	-8	-9	-10	-10	-10	-12	-6	-6
Chill °C (?)	-12	-11	-11	-10	-8	-6	-8	-8	-9	-13	-15	-16	-16	-17	-17	-18	-19	-19	-19	-21	-11	-11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	2.1 W	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	8	8	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	243	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-6	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	0	1
Chill °C (?)	-12	-13	-12	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-10	-10	-10	-8	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-7	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6

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