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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 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	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	Long Point Lake Erie	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	6	11	-
Energy(?)	98	79	86	43	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	11	8	55	0	0	3	5	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	7	12	11	3	20	20	7
Low °C	2	2	2	0	0	2	-2	-1	1	1	1	4	4	6	6	7	11	11	3	17	20	6
Chill °C (?)	-1	-5	-5	-6	-5	-3	-5	-2	-2	1	-1	0	2	4	3	4	10	9	0	20	20	4
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	6	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	0.3 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	5	5	-

	Sat	Sunday 16	Monday 17	Tuesday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	-	-	6	-	-
Energy(?)	53	98	101	79	79	98	86	75	69	43	11	7	4	4	4	7	2	0	0	66	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	-1	1	-1	0
Chill °C (?)	6	-3	-3	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-7	-6	-6	-6	-5	-3	-3	-5	-4	-5	-3	-4	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	4	3	3	4	3	5	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	7
Energy(?)	53	109	111	93	100	98	98	84	101	98	99	79	79	79	79	96	96	98	98	1941	86	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2
Chill °C (?)	4	1	-1	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-3	-2	-5	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	7

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