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 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.2 S	-	0.3 SW	1.0 W	2.0 N	0.4 N	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	8	9	5	8	5	-	6	4	7	3	4	2	4	6	-	8	8	-
Energy(?)	337	170	44	21	89	101	21	75	158	0	8	40	363	2	75	1	14	58	0	84	88	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-1	-1	-4	4	7	1	10	9	1	1	11	10	-2	14	-9	-5	-7	-8	7	7	-8
Low °C	-11	-3	-6	-5	3	5	-3	10	8	0	1	8	5	-3	10	-14	-6	-14	-13	4	4	-15
Chill °C (?)	-16	-8	-5	-8	0	5	-1	7	5	-3	-2	8	8	-8	12	-12	-10	-7	-15	3	4	-15
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	7	6	6	8	9	5	8	9	-	6	-	-	-	9	-	4	5	-	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	4	9	8	-	-	10	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 W	2.0 N	0.4 N	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	4	7	3	4	2	4	6	-	4	-	-

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	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	-	0.8 SE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	-	9	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	8	8	5	5	5
Energy(?)	192	0	106	405	170	80	45	44	65	33	21	8	7	1	66	105	107	101	73	31	16	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-6	-2	-3	-1	-1	-2	-2	-6	-5	-4	-2	-1	-3	5	6	7	7	8	2	2	1
Chill °C (?)	-14	-14	-5	-11	-8	-5	-6	-6	-6	-5	-8	-6	-3	-3	2	4	5	4	5	0	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	0.8 SE	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	-	9	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	8	8	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	7	-	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	-	-	10	8	15	-	-	-	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	-	0.5 NNE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	-	4	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	5	3	3

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	3AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	-	0.8 SE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	-	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Energy(?)	143	0	136	121	188	219	253	283	337	394	405	405	375	339	102	138	138	135	86	51	45	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-6	-1	-13	-12	-11	-10	-9	-8	-6	-5	-3	-3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	-14	-15	-7	-20	-20	-18	-17	-17	-16	-14	-13	-11	-11	-9	-4	-3	-3	-3	-4	-6	-6	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	10	-	-	-	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	4	5	5	4	4	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5

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