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

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	Holland Lake Michigan	Ocean City Maryland	Erie Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	1.4 W	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SW	2.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	2.5 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	4	10	9	8	8	6	4	4	6	5	4	7	6	6	8	7	5	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	39	1829	830	526	222	59	7	26	24	10	37	420	97	18	685	59	33	5	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	5	6	7	9	7	3	8	16	7	3	2	2	1	2
Low °C	13	9	9	9	9	5	5	8	4	5	7	5	6	0	3	16	6	2	2	0	-1	1
Chill °C (?)	13	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	0	2	4	6	3	-3	4	14	6	-3	-4	-4	-4	-3
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 SW	-	0.5 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	10	-	-	6	4	-	6	5	5	-	6	6	-	7	-	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	1.4 W	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SW	2.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 N	2.5 NNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	9	8	8	6	4	4	2	5	4	7	6	3	8	3	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	5	4	6
Energy(?)	2532	2118	1944	2120	105	117	1009	830	672	484	349	276	233	126	77	59	28	20	7	13	26	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	9	14	14	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	9	9	9	7	5	5	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	3	4	4	4	14	13	6	6	5	5	7	7	10	7	7	7	4	3	2	5	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	7	7	6	4	5	4	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	0.1 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	-	4	6	6	5	4	5	4	6

	Monday 03
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	11	4	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1814	2087	2532	2534	32	36	1975	1951	1944	2064	2117	2120	4153	1951	1829	1678	1420	1291	1141	1094	1009	925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	10	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	6	13	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	4	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9

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