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 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.1 E	-	0.4 ESE	1.4 S	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	7	-	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	9	6	9	-	9	-	-	6	7
Energy(?)	164	0	185	152	125	156	118	111	113	0	0	263	0	52	213	82	0	42	0	0	66	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	7:32PM 1.18	7:46AM 1.18		n/a n/a	8:42AM 1.24		8:54PM 1.16	10:54AM 0.46		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:16PM 1.07	10:34AM 0.91		11:14PM 1.12	11:35AM 0.92	n/a n/a	12:03AM 1.11	12:24PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	1:47AM -0.12		3:09PM -0.11	n/a n/a		2:50PM -0.10	3:11AM -0.06	5:13AM -0.03	3:43PM -0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:07PM 0.02		4:29AM 0.06	4:39PM 0.11		5:21AM 0.14	n/a n/a		6:13AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	1	13	10	9	13	20	21	20	2	3	14	8	22	18	13	6	14	5	5	19	24
Low °C	8	1	12	9	9	10	16	21	16	0	2	8	2	20	16	11	4	12	4	4	17	20
Chill °C (?)	7	-4	11	9	7	12	20	21	20	-3	-1	14	4	22	17	12	2	14	0	2	19	24
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	6:25	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	6	-	9	8	6	7	9	-	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	9	9	-	9	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	-	-	1.1 E	-	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.4 NNW	2.4 SW	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	3	5	5	5	-	-	10	-	5	6	3	7	6	-	-	6	7

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tower Road Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	-	10	9
Energy(?)	113	0	147	148	95	0	157	237	207	211	108	0	0	156	148	156	118	225	111	0	86	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:38AM 1.28	n/a n/a			8:40PM 1.31	n/a n/a			7:46AM 1.18			n/a n/a	n/a n/a				8:42AM 1.24			n/a n/a	9:08PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	1:34PM -0.16			n/a n/a	1:57AM -0.13				2:31PM -0.16	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:30AM -0.10				3:00PM -0.12	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	0	9	10	10	1	13	12	11	12	8	2	1	10	13	15	16	20	21	-1	19	18
Chill °C (?)	6	-5	8	8	8	-2	11	10	10	12	6	-1	-2	8	12	14	15	20	21	-6	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	15	-	14	14	9	-	13	13	13	-	13	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	0.9 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	5

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Tower Road Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	8	8
Energy(?)	235	0	164	164	101	0	118	147	147	181	71	0	0	109	159	165	142	157	157	0	140	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:38AM 1.28	n/a n/a				n/a n/a						n/a n/a	n/a n/a							n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a				n/a n/a	1:44PM -0.18					n/a n/a	n/a n/a						1:57AM -0.13	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	-5	8	8	7	0	8	9	9	10	9	1	0	10	12	12	11	12	13	1	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	-9	7	7	5	-5	6	8	8	8	7	-3	-4	8	10	10	9	10	11	-2	10	10
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	4

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