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

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 N	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 W	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	1.0 W	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	8	-	-	5	4	3	7	7	7	7	6	6	2	2	6	10	-	-	10	10
Energy(?)	10	110	82	0	0	29	18	4	23	124	99	284	30	10	1	1	89	64	0	0	67	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	8	7	6	-9	-7	-7	-15	-14	-17	-8	-8	-10	-6	-6	-9	-14	-5	-3	-6	-9	7	6
Low °C	6	6	5	-13	-7	-13	-16	-14	-23	-10	-8	-14	-9	-7	-18	-17	-6	-7	-8	-11	4	6
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	-14	-13	-12	-26	-25	-22	-18	-17	-17	-12	-15	-17	-14	-12	-11	-13	-18	4	3
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.7 S	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.1 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	8	-	-	5	6	-	7	7	8	-	5	6	-	-	7	10	-	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 W	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 NE	0.8 N	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 W	0.3 NE	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	1.0 W	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	3	4	4	3	2	7	7	7	2	-	2	2	6	5	-	-	4	3

	Saturday 17	Sunday 18	Monday 19
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	1.2 NW	2.0 WSW	0.7 S	2.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	5	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	8	7	6	8	-	5	7	5	7	8	4	3	3	3
Energy(?)	1	0	0	0	110	84	122	93	55	81	41	61	0	69	363	29	510	49	18	6	4	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-5	-5	-5	-4	7	6	7	7	5	5	4	0	-7	-8	-5	-7	-6	-2	-16	-15	-14	-14
Chill °C (?)	-10	-9	-10	-9	4	4	6	7	3	5	1	-6	-13	-14	-10	-11	-6	-7	-28	-26	-25	-25
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.7 SW	-	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.6 SE	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	6	6	8	8	8	7	6	8	-	5	-	5	7	8	6	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.2 W	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	4	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 E	1.2 NW	2.0 WSW	0.6 NE	2.3 SW	-	0.8 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	7	4	7	-	4	3	3	3

	Saturday 17
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	1.2 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	1.1 N	1.4 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	-	10	10	10	10	5	10	6	6	-	5	6	-	5	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1	1	1	0	15	14	14	10	85	10	99	100	0	65	114	0	70	84	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-5	-5	-5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	-4	-6	3	-5	2	6	-8	-10	-11	-12
Chill °C (?)	-11	-10	-10	-9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	-9	-14	-3	-11	-3	4	-15	-16	-17	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 W	1.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.3 NE	1.1 N	1.4 SW	0.3 NNE	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	2	5	6	2	5	-	3	3	3	3

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