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

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 SW	2.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 SE	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	5	5	6	5	4	7	7	6	11	6	7	3	5	4	2	-	7	7	8
Energy(?)	349	227	32	14	64	14	4	14	447	194	30	5	123	37	2	60	51	1	0	30	101	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	8	5	6	7	10	9	5	17	20	20	7	5	19	3	3	7	5	7
Low °C	9	9	5	5	6	4	5	6	5	8	1	16	18	20	4	4	18	-1	2	6	3	4
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	4	3	0	2	4	7	6	0	16	20	20	5	1	19	-2	-2	2	1	3
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	7	4	-	6	5	4	-	7	6	11	11	7	-	4	10	-	-	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 W	-	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 S	1.2 W	0.7 N	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.3 NNW	-	1.1 N	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	5	2	5	4	7	5	3	6	6	-	3	5	4	2	-	5	5	4

	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	North Assateague (The Wedge) 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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.7 SE	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	5
Energy(?)	741	67	349	271	227	108	74	32	19	17	14	22	64	74	36	14	7	55	4	9	14	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	5	5	8	8	6	5	4	4	8	5	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	6	8	5	7	6	6	6	7	6	4	2	4	3	1	0	-1	0	8	2	2	4	2
Sunrise	-	6:28	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	4	5	4	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.9 NW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	0.1 SW	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	4	8	8	8	-	4	-	6	5	5	4	5	6	3	2	-	-	5	5	4	5

	Tuesday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	North Assateague (The Wedge) 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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	0.9 ESE	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.8 S	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	906	102	741	658	569	478	413	358	349	341	324	271	275	234	227	198	151	29	100	79	74	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	0.9 NW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.8 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	4	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	4	-	5	4	3

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