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

	Sun		Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 W	1.5 WNW	0.3 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	8	9	7	7	5	6	-	-	6	6	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	562	2	10	270	334	103	10	222	5	156	0	0	197	160	1	0	0	94	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:02AM 1.36	12:52PM 0.88		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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 0.09		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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	-13	-11	-8	-10	-10	-8	-7	-13	-7	-17	-17	-6	-12	-12	-10	-13	-9	-10	-11	-4	0
Low °C	2	-16	-15	-9	-11	-10	-9	-11	-14	-9	-22	-20	-7	-18	-15	-12	-20	-13	-13	-15	-7	-1
Chill °C (?)	3	-18	-17	-16	-15	-20	-16	-13	-22	-12	-27	-25	-14	-22	-21	-19	-23	-16	-14	-20	-12	-8
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	6	9	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	-	1.9 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.3 N	-	1.5 WNW	-	1.4 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	0.3 NNE	1.2 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	6	8	2	-	7	-	6	2	2	6	6	2	-	2	6	-	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Chincoteague Virginia	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	519	1083	570	522	352	529	10	10	17	78	233	517	561	1331	103	34	10	4	7	18	19	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	1:38PM 0.41			12:23AM 1.05	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM -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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	3	0	-2	-12	-11	-15	-11	-7	-9	-11	-13	-17	-14	-10	-10	-9	-8	-7	-10	-13	-14
Chill °C (?)	4	-2	-6	-7	-19	-17	-21	-17	-15	-18	-20	-20	-21	-14	-20	-19	-18	-16	-15	-17	-20	-22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	4	7	7	-	-	-	6	7	7	8	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Chincoteague Virginia	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	1044	407	562	529	0	0	11	11	6	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	6	6	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:38PM 0.41				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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light snow	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	1	6	6	-8	-8	-13	-14	-13	-13	-13	-12	-16	-15	-16	-16	-16	-16	-17	-17	-15	-14
Chill °C (?)	1	-6	3	6	-15	-16	-13	-14	-18	-19	-19	-20	-25	-24	-23	-23	-23	-23	-24	-23	-21	-20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	-	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	7	8	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.0 E	-	-	1.0 N	1.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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