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

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield 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
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.6 N	-	0.9 SW	-	3.0 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.4 W	1.8 WNW	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	3	-	4	-	8	7	5	8	8	9	6	7	8	8	10	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	157	205	254	8	0	32	0	1270	25	49	816	737	550	221	500	1422	1000	655	39	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	-5	-7	-7	-7	-4	-8	-2	-2	0	4	4	-3	-1	1	3	4	0	-7	-7	0	2
Low °C	-11	-7	-14	-10	-7	-7	-11	-3	-5	-3	3	0	-4	-5	-9	2	0	-8	-8	-8	-6	1
Chill °C (?)	-19	-13	-14	-14	-14	-10	-14	-9	-9	-7	-2	-2	-12	-10	-7	-3	-2	-5	-12	-10	-6	-4
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21
Sunset	-	4:37	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	0.8 SW	0.1 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 W	-	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	6	-	5	-	8	7	6	8	7	6	-	6	-	8	12	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.6 N	1.6 NNW	0.9 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.4 W	1.8 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	3	6	4	-	8	-	5	8	8	9	6	7	8	8	10	3	-	-	-

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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	1.7 NNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	6
Energy(?)	157	101	54	41	31	90	154	292	77	63	1	216	186	109	77	73	803	422	534	138	56	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-10	-11	-10	-12	-13	-10	-5	-14	-13	-9	-5	-7	-6	-6	-6	-8	-5	-3	-6	-4	-3	-5
Chill °C (?)	-19	-19	-20	-22	-22	-16	-10	-20	-20	-16	-12	-13	-11	-10	-6	-14	-12	-8	-6	-8	-8	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.8 NW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	-	0.7 NW	-	1.7 NNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.4 NW	-	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	-	4	-	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	8	3	-	6

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.6 W	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	228	190	157	130	126	244	131	1198	1037	1876	41	554	517	474	474	258	18	18	249	12	12	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-9	-10	-11	-11	-4	2	-1	-3	-3	-11	-6	-6	-6	-7	-4	-13	-12	-10	-12	-11	-14
Chill °C (?)	-18	-19	-19	-19	-19	-12	-5	-8	-10	-11	-20	-14	-14	-14	-15	-10	-22	-21	-16	-21	-20	-22
Sunrise	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	9	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	0.5 N	2.3 W	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	9	9	9	3	7	7	7	7	7	3	3	7	3	3	4

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