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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	-	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Energy(?)	0	132	428	373	228	0	0	0	0	371	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-14	-9	-4	-2	0	1	-2	-2	-5	-1	-11	-8	-7	-14	-7	-2	1	1	1	-2	1	2
Low °C	-17	-12	-10	-3	-3	-1	-2	-5	-6	-2	-16	-12	-12	-16	-11	-3	-1	1	0	-4	-1	2
Chill °C (?)	-20	-19	-10	-7	-3	-5	-9	-8	-12	-7	-16	-12	-10	-19	-12	-5	-2	-2	-3	-7	-3	-3
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 08	Monday 09	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	12	11	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	184	175	176	209	432	290	273	228	280	163	123	0	0	0	0	0	61	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	high	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-14	-17	-18	-17	-12	-12	-10	-4	-2	-3	-3	-2	0	0	1	1	-2	-2	-2	-2	8	-5
Chill °C (?)	-20	-23	-25	-25	-21	-21	-18	-10	-7	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-3	-5	-9	-9	-8	-8	5	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	14	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	232	96	95	95	216	188	185	163	210	157	157	0	0	0	0	0	176	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	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	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-16	-15	-14	-14	-7	-8	-8	-9	-9	-11	-11	-12	-11	-13	-13	-13	-13	-12	-12	-11	-10	-8
Chill °C (?)	-22	-21	-20	-19	-16	-17	-17	-19	-19	-21	-21	-22	-20	-22	-22	-21	-22	-20	-21	-20	-18	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.2 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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