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

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.8 WSW	0.1 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.3 N	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	9	7	8	6	7	5	6	6	6	2	7	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	6	254	491	126	449	636	11	344	1	129	165	85	1	270	0	0	0	8	32	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-9	-12	-10	-6	-10	-12	-8	-18	-7	-7	-15	-14	-10	-14	-12	-9	-16	-10	-8	-14	-11
Low °C	-16	-9	-13	-12	-7	-13	-14	-8	-24	-11	-11	-19	-19	-10	-18	-17	-14	-21	-17	-12	-18	-14
Chill °C (?)	-16	-17	-21	-18	-14	-14	-18	-12	-27	-7	-15	-23	-22	-14	-22	-19	-14	-22	-10	-8	-19	-15
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	9	7	-	6	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.3 N	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	3	7	8	-	7	2	6	6	5	2	7	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-

	Monday 26	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28	Thu
	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	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WNW	0.5 W	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	6	8	7	6	6	6	5	7
Energy(?)	6	24	98	225	350	396	689	1331	126	39	14	7	614	636	22	698	225	297	4	2	2	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-16	-11	-8	-10	-12	-13	-16	-15	-12	-10	-9	-12	-16	-10	-12	-13	-12	-10	-13	-15	-18	-13
Chill °C (?)	-22	-16	-16	-19	-21	-18	-16	-15	-17	-18	-17	-18	-20	-15	-18	-20	-18	-10	-20	-24	-27	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	9	8	8	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WNW	-	2.4 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	-	-	0.3 N	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	3	3	3	3	8	8	-	8	7	6	-	-	2	7

	Monday 26	Tuesday 27
	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	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 SW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	6	6	7	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	8
Energy(?)	3	6	6	10	14	47	0	0	98	149	206	225	58	170	350	381	404	389	509	582	625	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-20	-18	-16	-14	-13	-11	-10	-10	-8	-8	-9	-10	-11	-7	-12	-12	-13	-13	-13	-13	-13	-19
Chill °C (?)	-27	-24	-22	-19	-19	-18	-18	-17	-16	-16	-18	-19	-18	-15	-21	-20	-19	-19	-22	-22	-22	-19
Sunrise	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 W	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	7	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 SW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.7 W	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	4	6	6	7	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	-	8

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