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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 N	2.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.4 ESE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	11	8	6	6	14	5	4	4	7	-	7	10	9	8	8	8	5	4	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	209	3	129	23	6	10	2	7	15	0	372	1850	871	572	663	545	2	4	126	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	-5	-3	-7	8	-11	-10	-8	0	3	3	3	-11	-3	-2	-4	-15	-17	9	-7	-11	-2
Low °C	-1	-8	-5	-7	7	-18	-13	-8	-1	1	2	-10	-12	-3	-5	-5	-17	-18	7	-9	-12	-7
Chill °C (?)	-6	-14	-8	-15	4	-17	-10	-8	-4	-2	-3	-3	-20	-10	-6	-9	-15	-23	8	-13	-20	-7
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	6	9	10	5	4	-	7	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	3.0 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 N	2.1 N	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	4	6	6	-	-	4	3	-	7	10	9	8	8	8	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25	Thursday 26	Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	2.3 S	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	-	7	11	11	8	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	4	4	4	5	5	6
Energy(?)	0	2	128	86	583	129	32	19	23	24	17	12	74	62	304	85	2	2	7	32	53	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-17	-12	1	1	-3	-3	-3	-5	-7	-7	-7	-8	8	7	7	7	-13	-10	-8	-8	-8	-6
Chill °C (?)	-27	-22	-4	-2	-8	-9	-10	-13	-15	-15	-15	-15	5	4	5	6	-16	-10	-8	-12	-14	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	-	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	11	11	-	6	5	4	9	6	-	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.6 NW	0.2 W	2.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.5 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	4	3	8	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	3	3	7	-	-	2	4	5	5	6

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	11	11	-	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	6	5	5
Energy(?)	0	0	209	209	0	2	3	2	3	3	11	11	62	66	65	64	299	129	41	49	32	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-20	-19	-1	-1	-14	-12	-10	-9	-8	-7	-6	-5	1	1	2	2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4
Chill °C (?)	-29	-28	-8	-8	-24	-22	-20	-19	-18	-16	-15	-14	-3	-4	-3	-4	-8	-9	-10	-10	-10	-11
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	-	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5

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