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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 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	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period(s)	8	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	5	8	6	-	-	8	-
Energy	39	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	54	80	62	58	64	94	56	58	0	0	26	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:04AM 1.11	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	6:56AM 1.21	7:00PM 1.38	8:07PM 1.65	7:47AM 1.24	7:48PM 1.42		8:39AM 1.25		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.24	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	1:00PM -0.05		2:32AM -0.12	1:51PM -0.07		2:37AM -0.13		2:33PM -0.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:36PM -0.06	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	9	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	9
High °C	12	8	7	5	4	7	7	8	10	7	12	17	17	19	21	22	23	25	10	12	25	15
Low °C	11	3	4	4	3	5	6	6	9	6	10	15	15	16	20	19	20	24	9	10	24	14
Chill °C (?)	11	4	3	0	0	4	5	7	9	7	9	16	16	19	21	22	23	25	8	10	25	15
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	5	8	6	-	-	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	3	2	2	-	-	-	2	4	3	2	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 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	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 S	-
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	-	6	7	-	-	-	4	2	2	2	5	-	5	-
Energy	116	53	65	45	54	72	47	48	0	1	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	54	0	58	0
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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)	3:47PM 1.10					5:35AM 0.44			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)			10:08PM 0.21				10:34AM 0.10	11:15AM 0.10	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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	3	4	3	1	1	-	-	3	-	12	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	12	11	10	12	14	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	5	7	7	15	6	14	6
Chill °C (?)	7	10	10	11	9	8	10	13	-1	-1	0	2	0	-1	0	1	4	5	14	3	12	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	-	6	7	6	5	5	4	-	-	-	7	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	2	5	4	4	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	-	5	-

	Monday 11	Tuesday 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	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-
Energy	83	73	89	126	90	78	52	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	28	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 1.10							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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	13	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	10	7	11	8
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	6	7	8	10	12	1	0	0	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-2	-1	8	3	9	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	5	5	5	8	8	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	12	12	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.4 N	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	3	5

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