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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 S	0.5 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 W	2.3 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	-
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	6	9	9	5	5	5	9	5	4	8	-	-	2	4	6	-	-	7	-
Energy(?)	337	175	44	21	61	112	21	16	140	65	46	15	650	0	0	1	14	58	0	0	72	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-1	-1	-2	4	7	1	2	10	13	5	3	3	0	-3	-6	-1	-3	-8	-1	6	-15
Low °C	-11	-3	-6	-3	4	5	-1	1	9	10	5	1	0	0	-6	-7	-3	-13	-14	-2	3	-19
Chill °C (?)	-15	-7	-6	-6	0	5	-1	2	6	11	2	1	-1	-6	-10	-10	-4	-7	-15	-7	2	-22
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	5	7	6	6	9	9	5	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	4	9	8	-	4	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 W	2.3 NW	1.4 N	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	2	2	4	3	5	5	5	4	8	6	-	2	4	6	-	-	5	-

	Tue	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	0.9 SE	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 SE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	7	10	5	-	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	-	9	8	8	8	5
Energy(?)	180	139	71	0	107	405	175	80	45	44	65	33	21	8	6	1	0	92	82	101	99	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-7	1	-8	-5	-2	-3	-1	-1	-2	-2	-6	-3	-2	-1	-1	-4	-6	5	6	7	8	2
Chill °C (?)	-12	-4	-12	-13	-5	-11	-7	-6	-6	-5	-6	-3	-6	-5	-4	-4	-10	2	4	5	7	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 SE	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	10	5	-	9	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	-	9	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	3	7	-	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 W	-	0.2 NNE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	7	3	5	-	3	7	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.8 SE	1.4 WNW	-	0.8 SE	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	7	-	10	4	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	289	110	180	0	136	1	2	0	0	121	188	219	253	283	337	394	405	105	128	138	138	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	2	-7	-6	0	-13	-13	-13	-13	-12	-12	-11	-10	-9	-7	-6	-4	-1	-1	0	0	-1
Chill °C (?)	-13	-4	-12	-14	-6	-20	-20	-20	-20	-19	-20	-18	-17	-17	-15	-14	-12	-4	-5	-3	-3	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	10	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	6	5	9	9	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNW	1.4 WNW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	3	7	-	4	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	6

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