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

	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	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	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.1 SW	1.6 S	0.5 W	1.2 S	0.2 W	-	0.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	8	7	6	5	4	-	9	6	6	5	4	6	8	6	8	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	2	234	33	114	2	0	18	146	164	35	8	37	11	148	692	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:29AM 1.33	n/a n/a	5:06PM 1.12	4:38AM 1.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		8:38PM 1.61	8:56AM 1.27		8:55PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	9:47PM 0.31	n/a n/a		10:43PM 0.20	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:19PM -0.11	2:57AM -0.22		2:54PM -0.09	3:42AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	4	3	7	1	-	32	-	-	14	2	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	10	4	-	-
High °C	2	3	4	8	3	23	7	4	28	15	10	7	3	6	26	6	11	9	10	6	4	1
Low °C	1	3	3	6	2	23	3	3	27	11	9	7	2	5	25	4	7	7	9	3	3	-2
Chill °C (?)	-2	-3	-2	5	1	23	3	0	28	13	8	5	2	3	26	3	9	6	8	3	2	-5
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	1.6 S	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	0.2 W	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	7	6	9	4	-	9	-	-	-	4	6	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.8 S	1.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	3	5	5	3	4	5	6	6	5	3	3	5	6	8	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	-	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	10	4	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	7	6	6	6	6	5	10	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	138	2	135	220	0	0	0	0	2	114	0	234	74	41	33	17	9	45	217	217	232	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:10PM 1.01	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:28PM 1.11				5:32AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	9:47PM 0.31		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			11:45PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	2	13	12	1	3	3	3	4	11	7	8	6	3	2	3	4	21	22	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	-2	13	12	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	8	3	5	4	1	1	3	3	21	22	21	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	7:31	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	4	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	10	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	5	4	9	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	6	6	8	8	8	7	-	3	4	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	6

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	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	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	5	10	10	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	139	3	138	242	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	115	94	110	147	179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	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- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	4:10PM 1.01		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				10:25AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	2	16	17	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	9	8	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	14	1	16	17	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	0	-3	-2	-2	-2	-4	-4	-4	6	5	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	5	10	10	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	3	-	4	4

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