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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 W	1.1 ESE	0.2 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	-	7	6	5	5	8	7	-	7	6	8	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	7	254	1	5	327	0	0	0	229	222	68	46	470	252	0	557	157	19	52	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	9	-	1	21	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	1	13	1	0	14	3	3	9	7	7	23	10	4	5	9	8	11	25	23	4	6	4
Low °C	-3	12	-3	-1	14	0	3	6	5	4	19	5	4	5	8	7	9	21	20	3	5	2
Chill °C (?)	1	11	-4	-4	13	-2	-3	7	3	3	23	8	1	3	9	6	9	25	23	4	4	0
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	6:20	-	7:01	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.1 ESE	0.2 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 W	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	-	-	6	9	4	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	1.6 S	1.6 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	4	7	-	7	6	5	5	8	7	3	7	6	6	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	3	4	10	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	-	-	8
Energy(?)	134	78	287	293	240	6	1	1	1	244	516	193	5	3	4	250	244	284	132	0	0	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	0	-1	8	8	10	1	1	1	0	14	14	13	0	1	2	15	14	13	12	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	0	-3	8	8	9	-2	-4	-4	-3	12	13	11	-4	-2	1	15	14	13	12	-3	-3	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.7 S	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	8

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	5	5	5
Energy(?)	249	165	210	219	145	78	56	42	38	199	387	179	13	12	7	339	339	394	205	1	1	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	7	8	7	-1	-1	-2	-1	8	9	9	-1	0	1	11	11	12	12	1	1	1
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	5	6	5	-3	-1	-5	-3	8	8	9	-1	0	1	10	9	10	10	-3	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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