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

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	3.5 N	-	0.8 ENE	-	1.8 S	0.4 W	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	9	-	11	-	7	8	6	5	4	6	5	7	7	10	9	8	7	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	1949	0	167	0	388	19	74	10	1	50	60	243	376	1656	820	239	22	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-16	-2	-22	-3	-8	-7	-7	4	-10	-9	0	-5	1	3	4	-9	-8	-13	-17	-15	-19	-10
Low °C	-21	-3	-27	-5	-10	-13	-9	4	-18	-12	0	-8	-3	2	-7	-9	-10	-23	-20	-17	-24	-17
Chill °C (?)	-25	-9	-30	-10	-17	-14	-14	0	-17	-12	-7	-11	-5	-3	-1	-19	-17	-22	-25	-23	-27	-19
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	1.8 S	0.4 W	0.1 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 S	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	7	8	10	5	4	6	-	5	6	7	11	10	7	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.1 E	0.1 W	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	14	6	-	13	-	6	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	3.5 N	0.5 E	1.0 NW	4.0 SSE	-	0.3 NNW	0.9 S	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	9	4	4	9	-	2	6	-	-	4	5	7	7	10	9	8	3	2	-	-	-

	Monday 23	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25	Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	1.9 N	1.3 N	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	-	-	8	11	11	8	7	7	8	8	7	2	4	7	9
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	512	206	60	0	0	2	88	62	6	388	188	56	19	4	3	5	90	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-21	-16	-14	-19	-5	-6	-6	-22	-18	-14	-1	1	-7	-11	-13	-10	-9	-7	-6	-7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-32	-25	-23	-28	-11	-9	-10	-30	-28	-25	-6	-2	-14	-16	-19	-15	-15	-14	-13	-14	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.9 N	1.3 N	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	8	8	7	-	-	8	11	11	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.6 NW	0.3 W	2.5 S	-	0.5 NE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	4	3	3	2	-	-	-	4	6	8	4	3	8	-	4	2	2	-	2	4	4	3

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	4.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	2710	2592	2114	0	0	0	582	503	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	247	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-21	-22	-21	-19	-2	-2	-2	-14	-14	-14	2	2	-21	-23	-24	-25	-26	-26	-26	-27	-4	-5
Chill °C (?)	-32	-33	-32	-29	-9	-9	-10	-23	-23	-22	-4	-4	-30	-32	-33	-34	-34	-35	-35	-36	-12	-14
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	4.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	10	10	9	3	3	2	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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