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

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.9 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 W	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 NE	1.3 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	9	10	10	9	6	9	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	4	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	47	108	97	1180	739	47	50	64	222	54	7	7	10	75	17	113	100	33	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 1.38	6:40PM 1.09	n/a n/a	8:44AM 0.61		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		11:24PM 0.98	n/a n/a		12:20AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM -0.14	12:52PM -0.18		n/a n/a		2:31PM -0.21	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	5:22PM -0.05		n/a n/a	6:08PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	-8	-5	-4	-3	3	4	5	1	4	-8	-7	-12	-2	0	0	-3	-4	-4	0	0	-3
Low °C	4	-12	-6	-5	-4	3	3	4	-1	3	-10	-10	-14	-4	-1	-1	-4	-4	-6	-2	-2	-4
Chill °C (?)	2	-16	-14	-13	-9	1	1	3	-4	1	-14	-14	-20	-9	-7	-3	-9	-4	-9	-4	-5	-10
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:40	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	6	8	10	5	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	5	5	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	7	10	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	1.0 W	3.0 SSW	1.9 W	0.4 NE	-	-	1.7 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 NE	1.3 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	8	9	4	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	6	4	6	6	4	4	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	8	10	10	7	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	6	10	10	6	9	9
Energy(?)	60	54	111	742	90	54	97	286	106	1180	1278	754	739	449	203	116	65	49	49	111	64	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	7:53AM 0.60		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	7:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		11:55PM -0.14		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		1:42AM -0.14	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	4	4	-3	5	7	-6	-9	-12	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	5	4	-2	4	5
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	-8	2	4	-12	-9	-18	-13	-13	-12	-11	-9	-9	-8	-8	2	1	-10	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	11	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	7	8	7	6	8	7	4	5	5	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	10	10	-	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	2	-	7	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	6	-	-	6	-	-

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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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	10	10
Energy(?)	48	53	60	179	55	23	214	1156	168	221	183	177	144	137	108	101	97	70	95	86	87	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	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			n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a		12:40AM -0.15	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	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	2	4	4	-11	-3	1	-14	-14	-14	-13	-12	-12	-11	-10	6	6	-7	5	4
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	-5	0	1	-22	-11	-5	-24	-24	-24	-23	-22	-22	-20	-18	2	2	-13	0	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 W	0.1 S	-	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	5	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	6	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	8	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	4	4

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