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

	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	1.7 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	1.7 ESE	-	1.7 NW	1.2 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	8	7	6	5	4	5	5	9	-	6	7	9	10	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	67	348	71	65	908	387	11	5	10	30	32	436	0	233	173	56	58	13	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	-11	6	3	-13	-15	-16	-14	-15	-12	-10	6	-12	-13	-7	-7	-4	-11	-12	-7	-8	-14
Low °C	7	-12	0	1	-14	-17	-21	-15	-18	-16	-13	1	-14	-13	-9	-9	-5	-19	-16	-7	-14	-15
Chill °C (?)	6	-23	3	1	-22	-25	-20	-18	-24	-21	-16	2	-22	-23	-16	-14	-11	-20	-20	-15	-16	-23
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 S	1.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	-	-	6	5	4	4	5	9	5	4	6	9	10	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	6	7	11	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.7 W	0.3 N	-	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	-	0.8 NNW	1.7 NW	1.2 W	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	2	-	8	7	-	-	4	5	5	-	4	6	7	5	4	2	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 22	Friday 23	Saturday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	5	10	10	10	10	10	8	5	5	10	10	10	6	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5
Energy(?)	17	50	67	76	103	84	76	101	126	73	65	66	92	16	263	157	207	106	62	9	5	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	4	7	9	9	8	6	-16	-16	-16	1	3	5	-16	-14	-16	-17	-16	-16	-16	-14	-15
Chill °C (?)	-15	-1	3	6	7	7	3	-25	-24	-24	1	1	2	-26	-18	-23	-21	-20	-21	-20	-18	-22
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	10	10	6	6	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	9	6	6	10	10	6	10	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.5 N	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	6	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	3	7	6	7	6	-	-	-	5

	Thursday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	6	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	6	6	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	31	23	59	50	60	60	61	57	245	282	72	76	76	341	928	1088	1371	1257	1165	277	228	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	7	7	7	6	5	5	-10	-5	-5	8	9	9	-10	-5	-5	-7	-7	-8	-13	-13	-14
Chill °C (?)	-14	2	3	3	2	0	0	-17	-14	-14	5	6	6	-21	-14	-14	-17	-16	-18	-25	-25	-26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 W	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	6	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	-	-	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 NNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	3

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