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

	Mon	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	3.0 WSW	0.3 WNW	2.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	8	8	7	5	10	10	10	10	6	8	6	6	5	5	6	6	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2065	84	470	284	79	93	63	86	72	1791	13	601	15	6	5	5	10	29	294	320	195	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:52PM 0.88		1:23AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM -0.02	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:07AM 0.09		7:07PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-8	-8	-7	-8	-7	6	9	9	-7	-19	-14	-18	-15	-11	-11	-12	-8	-5	-9	-9	-6
Low °C	-11	-13	-8	-8	-9	-7	4	5	9	-13	-22	-14	-23	-20	-11	-13	-14	-9	-9	-11	-9	-7
Chill °C (?)	-13	-18	-18	-16	-16	-14	2	7	7	-14	-31	-25	-28	-23	-20	-20	-12	-17	-13	-16	-16	-14
Sunrise	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	7	9	7	7	6	10	6	6	10	6	-	6	6	5	5	6	6	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.5 W	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	6	6	-	10	10	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	-	1.9 W	1.3 W	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 S	3.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	2.3 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	10	-	8	8	3	5	5	3	6	10	3	8	2	-	-	-	3	4	3	4	4	4

	Mon	Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	1.3 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	10
Energy(?)	56	132	1580	2120	713	458	470	444	307	284	269	138	79	70	93	41	34	22	22	89	86	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:53PM 0.93	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:21AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	-21	-14	-14	-10	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-8	-9	-8	-7	-7	-6	-5	-7	4	5	9
Chill °C (?)	0	-29	-21	-19	-17	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-16	-17	-18	-16	-14	-15	-14	-14	-15	0	2	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 W	1.8 SW	-	1.4 NW	1.2 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	7	10	-	9	8	9	9	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	8	8	7	7	6	5	6	6	5	6	4	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	6

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	2.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	5.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	7	11	11	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	75	637	3022	5638	2065	26	38	38	38	36	35	49	63	65	84	109	314	458	237	50	33	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:53PM 0.93	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:42PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	-13	-7	-6	-5	-20	-21	-21	-21	-20	-20	-19	-18	-15	-13	-10	-8	-8	-8	-1	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	1	-23	-16	-15	-14	-29	-30	-30	-30	-28	-28	-28	-25	-19	-19	-18	-17	-18	-18	-7	-7	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	0.6 S	-	2.1 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	-	11	-	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	5.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	4	7	11	11	10	3	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	4	4	4

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