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

	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Out Front Virginia	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	2.0 S	1.9 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	2.3 NW	-	0.5 E	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	10	6	7	6	6	8	8	4	4	5	6	-	6	7	-	9	2	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	167	138	333	347	45	18	78	84	17	13	94	124	0	175	452	0	45	1	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	3	-7	-1	0	-3	5	7	1	2	2	11	1	3	3	-3	17	-12	-6	-9	-7	1
Low °C	4	-1	-11	-3	-5	-4	4	6	-1	2	1	9	1	2	2	-5	15	-19	-7	-13	-10	1
Chill °C (?)	2	-3	-15	-8	-5	-7	1	5	-1	-2	0	8	-2	2	1	-9	16	-16	-10	-9	-14	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	7:08	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:09	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	8	8	6	6	8	8	4	-	-	9	-	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	8	5	5	9	9	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.7 NW	2.0 S	1.9 S	0.6 W	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 W	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 SE	1.6 WSW	2.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	6	7	6	-	2	-	5	4	5	6	4	6	7	3	4	2	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19	Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Broadway New Jersey	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NW	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.5 WNW	0.9 SE	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	3	10	10	10	7	10	6	6	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	5	8	8	9
Energy(?)	2	276	257	202	218	139	161	60	158	454	347	142	34	45	65	79	18	20	5	66	66	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-17	4	6	4	-6	0	-8	-10	-1	-3	-1	0	-2	-2	-5	3	-3	-1	-1	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-27	-1	2	-1	-11	-6	-14	-10	-5	-10	-8	-5	-6	-6	-5	0	-7	-5	-4	2	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 SE	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	-	10	-	6	9	7	8	6	5	6	6	9	6	6	-	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	6	5	5	5	-	5	4	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 NW	1.5 WNW	0.4 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	3	3	7	3	6	-	3	7	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	5	5	2	-	-

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Broadway New Jersey	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NW	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	3.0 NW	0.9 SE	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.8 SE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	3	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	3	4	4	4	4	4	10	4	4	4	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4	553	383	481	1215	168	2835	2586	193	6	4	3	4	2	2	168	1	1	1	180	177	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-17	2	2	3	-8	4	-7	-7	5	-11	-11	-14	-16	-18	-17	1	-15	-15	-15	-1	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	-27	-4	-4	-2	-16	-1	-17	-17	0	-16	-15	-14	-21	-24	-24	-5	-21	-22	-22	-6	-8	-8
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	4	4	4	4	10	4	4	4	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	9	3	10	9	4	3	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	2	3	4	4	4

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