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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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 Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.3 SSW	-	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period(s)	-	8	-	-	9	11	8	-	7	6	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	-
Energy	0	293	0	0	276	326	696	0	213	26	13	4	75	96	139	87	61	0	42	47	45	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	9	12	12	12	11	6	4	4	4	3	13	13	14	12	15	3	10	14	13	5
Low °C	5	9	6	7	12	10	5	6	3	3	4	2	10	12	8	8	14	2	8	12	10	4
Chill °C (?)	6	5	9	10	10	10	8	2	-1	1	0	-1	11	10	13	10	15	-1	7	13	12	3
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.6 SSE	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	11	8	-	7	6	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	-	0.6 ESE	1.3 E	-	2.3 SSW	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	3	9	-	8	-	7	4	5	-	3	4	3	4	4	-	4	3	3	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	11	9	11	11	7	8	8
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	234	209	0	0	0	0	1	3	438	326	9	345	286	456	598	365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	5	7	7	9	9	7	7	6	7	12	15	14	14	13	10	12	9	11	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	1	3	6	7	9	9	3	3	3	4	10	13	11	11	12	8	9	7	10	-2	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	4	-	-	8	8	-	11	9	11	11	7	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	-	4.0 SSE	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	3	5	6	8	8	-	9	-	-	7	8	8

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.5 E	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	-	-
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	8	8	-	-	-
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	324	298	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	300	0	261	261	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	9	5	9	8	9	8	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	2	6	4	4	7	8	9	2	5	8	6	4	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.5 E	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	8	8	-	-	-

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