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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.8 ESE	0.7 NW	1.2 W	0.6 ENE	0.9 W	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	6	10	10	7	10	10	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	4	5	9	7	10	-	6
Energy(?)	137	97	63	85	102	80	64	674	22	11	15	19	29	31	1160	19	71	94	95	63	0	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	light snow	clear	snow shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-7	7	9	-10	5	3	-13	-21	-16	-12	-11	-13	-11	-1	-10	-12	-6	-5	-4	-5	-1
Low °C	-11	-7	5	6	-10	0	1	-13	-24	-21	-12	-19	-16	-13	-7	-14	-12	-11	-6	-6	-14	-2
Chill °C (?)	-16	-14	3	6	-21	2	1	-24	-31	-22	-17	-19	-21	-18	-9	-10	-17	-15	-14	-11	-13	-4
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.8 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	10	5	9	10	10	-	6	6	5	-	4	4	9	4	-	9	6	10	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	7	-	10	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	9	-	-	6	5	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.4 N	-	2.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.8 E	0.7 NW	1.2 W	1.4 NW	0.9 W	0.6 W	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	5	4	7	3	-	8	2	-	-	5	5	5	9	4	5	5	7	3	-	3

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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	7	7
Energy(?)	137	114	97	102	113	38	18	66	85	90	72	81	73	26	16	51	64	77	95	15	287	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-11	-8	-7	-7	-6	-5	-7	4	6	9	10	9	5	-16	-19	0	1	3	5	-17	-14	-16
Chill °C (?)	-19	-16	-14	-15	-14	-14	-16	0	2	6	8	7	2	-27	-31	-4	1	1	2	-27	-19	-23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	6	7	6	6	5	10	10	6	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	5	5	7	10	10	6	6	10	6	-	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	6	5	3	4	4	6	6	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	3	7	7

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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	8	8
Energy(?)	282	144	137	115	105	114	105	39	84	84	84	65	65	79	113	38	64	63	61	29	1699	1490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-12	-12	-11	-10	-9	-8	-8	3	3	3	4	4	5	-6	-6	5	7	7	7	-6	-4	-4
Chill °C (?)	-20	-20	-19	-18	-17	-16	-16	-3	-3	-3	-1	-1	0	-14	-14	0	3	3	3	-15	-13	-13
Sunrise	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	8	8

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