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

	Wed	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19
	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	Sandbanks Provincial Park 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	7	6	5	-	-	6	8	9	8	8	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	318	385	165	65	7	2	0	0	399	484	602	451	68	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:45AM 0.98		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	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)		8:02AM 0.19	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	5	6	6	8	9	8	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4
Low °C	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	9	6	3	3	2	1	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	5	3
Chill °C (?)	1	1	2	1	4	3	4	7	4	-2	-4	-5	-4	-2	-1	-1	-1	1	1	2	3	2
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	7	6	5	-	-	7	10	11	11	8	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	6	-	-	3	6	8	6	8	9	8	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.4 NW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Energy(?)	133	42	266	326	385	441	385	358	123	57	51	82	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High 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	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)	7:49PM 0.08		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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	2	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	7	-2	0	0	1	1	2	2	-2	4	3	3	4	3	1	1	3	4	5	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.3 W	-	0.9 NW	-	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	-	6	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.4 NW	1.0 W	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	6	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	-	6	-	-	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8

	Wednesday 12				Thursday 13
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	57	48	378	378	378	318	318	272	155	456	1724	1289	326	335	385	441	452	441	395	395	385	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High 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	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)	7:49PM 0.08		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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	11	11	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	-	9	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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