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

	Fri	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02
	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	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach 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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	10	8	-	5	-	-	5	4	4	5	6	4	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	33	296	0	18	0	0	127	45	12	15	14	20	284	889	875	1355	201	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:03AM 0.96			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:57PM 1.18	3:09AM 1.24		3:41PM 1.01		4:11AM 1.31	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)		7:15AM 0.10	6:51PM 0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:52AM 0.09		8:55PM -0.03	9:47AM 0.00		11:46PM -0.03	10:56AM -0.08	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	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy snow	mod. snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-1	1	2	3	-2	3	-7	-8	-9	-9	-6	-6	-10	-9	-8	-8	-8	-9	-11	-9	-10
Low °C	-7	-4	1	1	2	-3	-4	-8	-8	-11	-12	-6	-9	-11	-11	-11	-10	-9	-13	-14	-9	-17
Chill °C (?)	-8	-7	-5	-3	0	-6	-2	-18	-19	-20	-18	-14	-6	-21	-18	-16	-15	-15	-19	-20	-17	-18
Sunrise	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:25	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 N	-	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	1.7 N	1.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	6	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
	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	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	-	-	-	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	5
Energy(?)	227	43	45	0	0	0	0	122	158	222	276	213	212	80	0	0	0	52	86	0	0	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High 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
Low Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:04PM -0.02				9:35AM 0.05		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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	5	-3	-4	-1	-2	-1	-3	0	0	-1	2	4	3	3	3	2	4	-4	-7	-8
Chill °C (?)	3	3	1	-8	-10	-7	-9	-7	-8	-4	-3	-3	0	0	-1	-2	-2	-2	1	-14	-18	-19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	4	-	-	-	-	13	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	6	-	-	-	-	6	13	10	6	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.3 W	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 NE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	6	5	5	5

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	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	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	148	139	166	0	0	0	0	34	34	44	55	54	54	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High 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
Low Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					6:27AM 0.16			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	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	6	-6	-6	-7	-6	5	4	5	4	3	4	2	-4	-3	-2	-9	-9	-1	-2	-1
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	-11	-11	-13	-11	2	0	1	-1	-2	-1	-4	-10	-9	-7	-15	-14	-7	-9	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	6

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