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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Long Point Lake Erie	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Erie Lake Erie	Bethany 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	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.2 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.2 W	1.5 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	7	6	5	6	6	8	5	6	3	-	11	3	3	3	3	2	6	7	-	-	7
Energy(?)	42	24	12	32	247	123	1082	50	158	1	0	11	4	3	3	3	2	120	198	0	0	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	9	3	1	4	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-
High °C	8	5	6	6	7	7	15	12	19	3	9	20	0	-1	2	2	1	4	5	7	7	14
Low °C	6	3	3	6	4	6	14	10	16	2	9	18	-1	-2	0	1	0	3	3	5	7	14
Chill °C (?)	3	0	3	3	3	3	13	9	19	-2	8	20	-6	-6	-4	-4	-3	0	0	2	2	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	-	5	6	-	-	6	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 S	0.7 W	3.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.2 W	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.2 W	1.5 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	2	6	5	6	4	8	5	6	3	-	6	3	3	3	3	2	6	7	-	-	7

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06	Friday 07	Saturday 08
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Long Point Lake Erie	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	4	4	3	6	6	6
Energy(?)	42	84	73	24	14	12	12	18	32	23	68	247	467	348	123	33	28	17	7	171	122	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	4	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	4	5	7	7	6	4	1	-1	12	9	16
Chill °C (?)	3	1	0	0	-1	0	3	3	3	2	2	-1	0	3	3	2	-1	-5	-7	11	7	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	6	6	7	6	6	5	-	-	5	5	5	-	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	0.7 W	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	7	7	2	-	-	6	5	5	4	5	6	7	7	4	3	4	4	3	6	6	6

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Long Point Lake Erie	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	7
Energy(?)	32	44	42	65	75	84	86	83	73	29	25	24	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	0	31	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	11
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	0	0	3	4	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4

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