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

	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.3 W	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.7 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	-	9	9	4	9	3	9	9	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	-	7
Energy	266	264	156	0	86	66	1	57	1	44	60	2	3	18	31	13	26	6	0	122	0	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:55AM 1.05		8:16PM 1.23	n/a n/a		9:04PM 1.35	9:47AM 1.05		10:03PM 1.59	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:51AM 1.00		11:52PM 1.38	12:23PM 0.68		n/a n/a	12:08PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27PM 0.02		2:02AM 0.00		2:05PM 0.05	2:47AM 0.01	n/a n/a	2:34PM 0.03	3:33AM 0.02		3:19PM 0.11	4:22AM 0.08	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		4:28PM 0.19		5:27AM 0.10	6:06PM 0.21	n/a n/a	5:56AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	3
High °C	16	17	15	3	12	12	3	10	3	10	14	5	7	7	4	3	4	3	4	16	4	16
Low °C	13	17	8	2	12	10	2	10	2	7	13	4	7	5	3	3	4	2	3	16	3	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	-1	11	10	-1	8	1	7	12	3	3	4	1	0	0	-1	0	15	2	15
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 E	-	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	9	9	4	9	3	9	9	4	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	10	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	7	8	4	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	3

	Thursday 30							Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Assateague (The Wedge) Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 W	0.6 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	3	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	4	9
Energy	204	134	266	274	264	197	0	156	121	93	119	69	2	5	3	58	69	46	45	42	6	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:55AM 1.36				7:37PM 1.21	n/a n/a						n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				9:36AM 0.80		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				1:27PM 0.02			n/a n/a		2:12AM 0.00				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:43AM 0.00				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3
Temp. °C	14	11	16	17	17	15	3	9	8	9	12	11	3	4	3	11	11	10	11	11	3	9
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	17	17	14	0	6	5	6	11	10	-2	0	-1	10	10	8	9	11	-1	7
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	4	9	9	9	9	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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	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	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Assateague (The Wedge) Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	1.0 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10
Energy	211	145	204	200	198	198	0	257	210	141	269	155	0	0	0	162	203	126	157	126	0	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:18AM 0.96	n/a n/a						n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				8:39PM 0.98		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a					1:45PM 0.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a						n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	13	12	13	2	15	15	16	17	15	4	3	4	18	17	15	14	11	3	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	12	10	11	2	14	14	15	17	14	-1	-2	-1	18	17	13	12	8	0	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	-	3

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