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

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	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
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	2.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 N	2.2 NNW	1.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	5	7	6	5	6	7	4	7	6	6	5	2	3	3	3	3	5	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	12	51	397	12	32	357	136	18	518	163	31	5	1	2	2	3	3	6	95	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	8	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
High °C	9	8	12	6	6	7	7	5	11	19	18	1	0	-1	-2	-1	2	1	4	4	6	5
Low °C	6	6	7	3	6	4	7	1	7	17	18	-1	-2	-2	-4	-3	1	1	3	3	3	5
Chill °C (?)	5	3	9	3	3	3	3	0	8	19	18	-3	-6	-7	-9	-7	-4	-5	-1	-1	1	-1
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	5	7	5	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	2.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	2.2 NNW	1.1 S	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	6	5	6	4	4	7	6	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	5	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06	Friday 07	Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 S	-	2.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 N
Period(s) (?)	6	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	6	-	7	7	6	4	3	3	2
Energy(?)	55	22	51	99	84	24	187	114	55	18	32	24	85	357	0	434	136	43	18	11	4	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	8	6	5	4	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	4	7	7	7	7	5	1	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	5	5	3	1	0	0	5	6	7	3	3	2	2	-1	5	3	3	3	0	-5	-7	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	2.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	6	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	5	5	5	-	7	7	6	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 S	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	4	5	7	7	2	6	-	-	5	5	4	5	6	-	-	4	3	4	3	3	2

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	4	5	5	3	4	4	8	8	8	5	6	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Energy(?)	18	7	12	6	13	22	1449	1600	1429	51	88	99	93	86	0	35	26	24	16	14	13	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	6	6	7	8	9	11	11	11	7	6	6	6	5	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	4	4	5	7	7	8	2	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	-1	-1	0
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	4	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	3	4	4	8	8	8	5	6	7	7	7	-	4	3	2	2	-	-	-

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