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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	13	6	7	7	7	10	10	6	6	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1	0	0	0	0	0	155	218	324	97	35	129	178	170	93	340	87	353	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4
High °C	11	10	10	12	12	11	15	14	12	16	15	15	14	21	16	14	12	8	13	11	11	12
Low °C	10	9	8	11	9	10	14	11	11	15	15	15	14	17	14	14	11	8	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	12	11	8	14	13	12	15	14	14	12	21	15	12	9	6	11	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 E	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	13	6	4	7	7	6	10	-	6	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	-	-	4	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	2.5 S	0.5 N	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	0.5 NW	0.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	5	8	4	-	-	6	7	7	7	3	4	6	6	7	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16	Friday 17	Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	9	10	10
Energy(?)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	243	467	0	0	0	194	243	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	10	11	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	12	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	10	11	12	11	11	8	6	7	8	9	10	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	7	8	8	8	-	3	-

	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	324	324	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

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