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

	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.2 S	-	1.5 S	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SSE	0.2 W	0.4 W	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-
Period(s)	4	5	6	3	-	6	6	5	5	6	4	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-
Energy	1	2	36	1	0	198	23	10	21	52	2	4	0	76	0	0	0	0	202	96	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:11AM 1.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:34PM 0.78	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:45PM 1.40		5:47AM 1.07	6:11PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		11:58PM 0.05	12:00PM -0.01		12:51AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	8	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	17	1	-	-
High °C	4	4	18	8	5	17	4	4	4	18	4	4	3	12	11	10	8	9	14	18	6	8
Low °C	2	3	16	5	5	17	3	4	4	15	3	4	2	9	9	6	7	6	12	15	6	8
Chill °C (?)	2	1	18	5	3	16	0	2	0	17	0	0	0	10	9	8	6	8	11	17	4	7
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	9	3	4	9	6	4	-	9	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 W	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	5	5	6	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-

	Thursday 07			Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	6	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	9	5	-	-	3	4	6	6	6	6	7
Energy	42	0	0	1	2	3	2	5	2	2	1	48	2	0	0	6	41	269	134	110	107	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			1:53AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	6	13	5	5	5	5	5	18	18	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	2	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4	5	3	12	3	3	2	2	0	18	18	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	7:57	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	-	4	3	9	3	4	4	4	-	6	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	6	5	5	5	5	-	4	5	-	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	8	6	6	7	7
Energy	60	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	0	1	1	25	1	2	2	2	3	24	34	34	34	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:13AM 0.80	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	12	2	2	2	2	2	11	12	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	-1	10	0	0	-1	-1	-1	9	10	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3

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