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

	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	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	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	19	4	136	105	147	95	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	-	-
High °C	20	19	22	20	18	19	20	21	23	23	24	19	17	15	20	17	17	19	18	19	20	19
Low °C	15	15	20	16	16	18	20	20	22	22	22	19	12	11	19	16	16	18	18	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	22	20	18	19	20	21	23	23	24	19	17	14	20	16	16	19	18	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	8	-	2	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	7	7
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	19	4	4	1	0	0	99	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
Temp. °C	22	20	17	16	15	15	19	20	22	20	17	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	15	16	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	20	17	16	15	14	19	20	22	20	17	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	15	16	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Monday 15	Tuesday 16
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	9	9
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	17	0	0	686	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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