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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 NW	0.6 SE	0.6 W	3.0 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	0.4 ESE	1.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	-	0.9 SE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	6	7	6	9	9	6	8	7	8	8	7	10	7	10	6	-	9	-	-
Energy(?)	9	130	419	239	116	38	89	73	63	37	41	1175	493	294	72	123	38	20	0	133	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	clear	light snow	mod. snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	-1	-2	-3	-1	-1	4	3	-4	5	-7	-6	-4	-3	5	0	8	-4	-5	12	-12	-18
Low °C	-9	-2	-2	-5	-1	-3	0	0	-7	3	-10	-7	-5	-4	4	-5	5	-5	-8	11	-15	-20
Chill °C (?)	-12	-8	-9	-10	-6	-7	-2	-1	-13	1	-15	-15	-13	-10	2	-6	5	-8	-12	11	-22	-27
Sunrise	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	6:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.2 W	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 W	-	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	6	9	9	6	8	7	-	8	7	10	6	10	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 W	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.9 NW	-	0.5 NW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	-	1.1 W	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	0.9 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	6	6	6	3	4	6	-	3	8	8	7	-	7	3	3	2	9	-	-

	Sun	Monday 01	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland
Rating	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	0.9 NNW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	8
Energy(?)	1172	345	276	58	130	302	419	471	443	365	220	176	104	47	38	18	47	112	209	305	54	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-1	-5	-4	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-5	-4	-1	-1	-3	-2	-1	0	0	1	3
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-10	-9	-8	-10	-9	-9	-8	-7	-6	-10	-9	-7	-7	-9	-8	-8	-7	-7	-4	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.7 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	-	-	7	6	6	5	-	-	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	-	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	9	8	7	-	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	6	4	5	6	6	6	3	5

	Sunday 30	Monday 01
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland
Rating	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.2 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	4
Energy(?)	1923	1159	1206	634	10	9	15	15	22	32	42	163	228	89	130	156	212	302	340	411	8	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	0	-1	0	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-4	-5	-2	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	5	3
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	-8	-3	-14	-15	-14	-13	-14	-14	-15	-11	-12	-8	-8	-8	-8	-10	-9	-9	2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	9	8	8	2	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	5	4

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