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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	2.1 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 SW	1.3 NE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 W	-	-	3.0 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	8	9	9	7	5	4	6	7	6	6	5	-	-	9	2	-	-	-
Energy(?)	844	86	66	139	98	112	58	385	2	13	107	273	72	40	5	0	0	1476	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	7	7	5	5	4	6	-1	-10	-3	-3	1	0	0	-1	-8	-10	-1	-2	-2	-3	-3
Low °C	-3	6	4	4	4	3	4	-5	-15	-4	-3	0	-2	-1	-6	-9	-11	-3	-2	-3	-11	-8
Chill °C (?)	-10	6	5	2	2	2	5	-7	-17	-10	-10	-2	-6	-6	-5	-17	-19	-8	-9	-9	-9	-11
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	4:38	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	5	7	8	9	9	-	5	-	-	7	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	-	0.6 W	1.3 SW	1.3 NE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	3.0 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	6	7	6	6	3	4	4	9	2	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06	Sunday 07	Mon
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.5 NW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	6	10	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	844	402	216	165	73	66	70	84	139	146	129	108	225	76	84	79	58	40	58	53	40	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-3	-3	-3	-3	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	-4	4	3	4	4	5	7	8	7	-9
Chill °C (?)	-10	-10	-9	-9	5	3	2	0	1	2	2	2	-9	0	0	2	4	4	5	6	5	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.7 W	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	5	5	5	9	7	8	8	8	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	10	10	10	5	9	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.5 NW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	1.5 N
Period (s)	10	9	8	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	6	2	7

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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	732	869	844	651	63	63	63	40	86	88	87	72	606	71	73	72	72	63	66	71	70	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-4	-3	-3	4	5	5	7	6	7	7	7	-1	8	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	1
Chill °C (?)	-12	-12	-10	-10	0	2	2	4	3	6	6	6	-8	7	5	3	3	7	3	2	2	-5
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	10	4	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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