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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	1.4 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	7	7	8	6	6	5	6	4	4	4	3	-	5	3	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	-
Energy	198	269	170	59	143	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	99	3	56	0	59	3	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	3	3	3	19	2	3	4	3	6	6	6	16	5	21	4	19	3	5	5	5	8
Low °C	2	3	3	3	17	2	3	4	2	3	6	4	14	4	18	4	17	2	4	5	3	5
Chill °C (?)	-4	-2	-1	-1	18	-2	0	0	1	3	4	5	15	2	21	1	18	0	2	2	5	5
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 W	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	7	10	5	6	4	4	4	-	-	9	3	6	-	9	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 W	-	0.7 W	1.4 S	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.4 SW	1.0 S	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	5	3	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07
	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	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	4	6
Energy	304	234	198	250	269	282	172	170	105	81	59	32	25	18	241	99	87	5	7	11	7	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	18	16	12	3	3	4	4	12
Chill °C (?)	-2	-4	-4	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-1	-2	18	15	10	0	0	0	1	11
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	7	6	-	5	6	10	6	5	6	6	4	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	9	-	5	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.4 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	5	4	-

	Tuesday 05	Wed
	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	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.8 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	6
Energy	413	514	304	294	274	234	216	203	198	192	220	250	254	261	152	208	240	282	248	363	172	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	20	17	17	3	3	3	3	16
Chill °C (?)	0	-2	-2	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	19	15	15	-1	-1	-1	-1	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	1.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	-	6

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