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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	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	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	8	9	7	6	8	8	8	11	10	7	10	10	10	7	10	6	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	130	419	10	116	38	81	104	45	76	72	62	43	55	52	123	57	20	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-2	-2	9	-1	-1	4	3	4	4	6	-6	0	4	5	0	6	-4	-9	-10	-7	-3	-2
Low °C	-2	-2	5	-1	-2	0	0	4	3	5	-7	-1	2	5	-1	5	-6	-14	-14	-7	-6	-4
Chill °C (?)	-9	-9	7	-6	-6	-2	-1	2	0	2	-12	-6	3	5	-6	6	-10	-17	-17	-14	-10	-10
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 W	0.2 W	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	7	6	8	8	8	11	10	-	10	5	10	6	10	6	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 W	-	0.1 NE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	8	-	5	8	8	6	8	-	8	10	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 N	-	-	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	2	6	6	3	4	-	-	3	7	5	-	-	7	2	3	2	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Au Sable Point 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	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	0.9 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	6
Energy(?)	276	56	130	302	419	471	433	365	220	176	55	47	38	17	47	112	209	298	52	95	45	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-5	-6	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-5	10	-1	-1	-2	-1	0	0	-1	1	3	4	-6
Chill °C (?)	-10	-11	-9	-9	-9	-9	-8	-7	-7	-10	10	-7	-6	-8	-8	-7	-7	-8	-4	-1	2	-15
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	-	9	7	6	6	5	-	-	6	8	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	0.9 SE	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	6	3	5	6	6	6	3	4	-	3

	Monday 01
	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Au Sable Point 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	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 N	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	544	15	22	32	42	56	73	89	130	309	51	302	340	411	419	408	414	471	11	8	8	461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-9	-9	-8	-7	-6	-3	-2	-2	-5	3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	4	4	5	-2
Chill °C (?)	-11	-13	-14	-14	-14	-11	-8	-9	-9	-13	-2	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	1	2	2	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	6	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 N	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NE	-	-	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	4	-	-	8

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