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

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	0.9 S	2.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	1.3 E	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	5	4	6	6	6	-	9	9	7	8	4	4	6	5	7	-	-	9	9
Energy(?)	126	71	643	5	17	77	71	272	0	561	926	290	357	1	1	147	67	535	0	0	129	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	-9	9	-5	-8	-5	-4	2	3	-6	-12	-4	-1	-5	-15	-16	8	-4	-9	0	-1	6	8
Low °C	-9	7	-10	-12	-6	-7	1	2	-12	-13	-5	-5	-5	-16	-18	6	-5	-11	-4	-2	5	6
Chill °C (?)	-18	6	-12	-12	-10	-9	-2	-3	-16	-21	-11	-7	-10	-15	-22	5	-10	-17	-7	-8	2	5
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	11	5	-	-	4	4	10	5	-	-	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 S	2.2 WNW	-	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	-	-	1.3 E	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	8	-	4	6	6	6	-	9	9	7	8	-	-	6	5	7	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25	Thursday 26	Friday 27
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8
Energy(?)	216	175	126	73	62	41	42	44	419	234	110	4	17	56	67	77	70	49	71	126	272	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-6	-9	-9	-9	-9	-11	7	-9	-10	-7	-8	-6	-5	-6	-7	-7	-4	1	2	2	3
Chill °C (?)	-10	-14	-18	-18	-18	-16	-17	4	-9	-10	-7	-12	-10	-10	-11	-12	-12	-9	-4	-2	-4	-3
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	10	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	6	-	3	8	7	-	2	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8

	Wednesday 25
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 E	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	156	181	216	212	180	175	152	12	195	235	317	73	68	64	62	49	46	41	26	42	42	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-4	-4	-5	-5	-6	-7	3	0	0	-1	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-10	-11	-12
Chill °C (?)	-9	-10	-10	-12	-12	-14	-15	-3	-6	-6	-7	-18	-18	-18	-18	-17	-17	-16	-16	-16	-17	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	5	9	10	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	4	-	10	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

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