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

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany 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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	2.2 S	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 E	1.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	0.1 SE	-
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	10	11	6	7	6	4	5	5	10	6	-	9	7	6	7	-	-	10	-
Energy(?)	56	494	159	225	285	51	32	12	14	18	29	59	79	0	32	152	136	241	0	0	6	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	4	22	14	-	-	6	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	15	15	13	16	16	15	13	10	10	18	11	10	19	9	5	6	6	6	16	7
Low °C	9	10	14	12	11	16	15	15	11	9	9	17	10	9	18	5	5	6	5	5	14	6
Chill °C (?)	11	6	14	14	12	15	16	14	10	6	7	18	8	7	18	6	1	3	3	4	15	6
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 W	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	7	-	9	10	11	5	7	6	6	-	-	10	6	-	9	6	8	10	-	-	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	16	15	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	7	9	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	2.2 S	0.5 N	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 N	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	4	-	-	6	-	3	4	5	5	4	6	6	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	-	9	10	10	10	10	13	12	11	11	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	32	0	0	53	0	0	151	196	200	227	251	508	513	254	216	38	32	21	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	3
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	15	15	13	13	12	11	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	8	7	6	7	9	13	14	12	12	10	10	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	9	10	10	10	10	13	12	11	11	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	15	15	14	13	14	10	12	12	12	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	0.6 NNW	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	6	7	4	7	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	7	7
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	248	46	45	47	175	322	322	124	122	0	480	494	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	10	8	8	7	5	6	5	4	7	7	6	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	9	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.0 N	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	6	6	7	8	5	8	8	4	4	7	7	7	7

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