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

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	-	6	6	9	9	-	-	8	7
Energy(?)	118	114	227	133	129	157	104	119	197	0	0	134	0	0	115	73	61	85	0	0	21	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	14	10	10	13	20	21	20	1	0	12	9	0	21	15	15	14	3	6	19	24
Low °C	7	10	12	10	10	10	16	21	16	-1	-1	9	6	0	17	14	13	13	2	4	16	19
Chill °C (?)	6	8	12	9	8	12	20	21	20	-4	-4	10	5	-8	21	14	15	13	0	1	19	24
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	-	9	6	6	9	-	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	15	-	13	3	-	12	11	12	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 S	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	6	3	-	6	-	-	6	7

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	10	-
Energy(?)	0	0	113	118	114	90	86	161	161	243	246	140	116	0	0	157	117	156	104	119	119	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	10	9	1	1	11	10	15	16	20	21	-1
Chill °C (?)	-14	-13	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	9	11	10	7	-3	-3	10	8	14	15	20	21	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	13	4	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	-

	Tuesday 03
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-
Energy(?)	0	0	53	73	66	48	48	180	118	164	230	70	72	0	0	118	122	148	122	132	113	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-8	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	1	1	10	10	10	10	10	11	1
Chill °C (?)	-14	-14	0	1	1	0	1	4	6	7	8	6	6	-3	-3	8	8	8	8	8	9	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	-	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	15	9	9	15	15	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-

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