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

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	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			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	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.3 S	0.5 W	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 W	-	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	-	2.5 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	-	3	-	-	-	4	6	6	5	-	6	8	-	-	8	6	-	10	-
Energy(?)	292	138	29	0	2	0	0	0	9	102	39	3	0	105	113	0	0	727	6	0	9	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	2	-14	-13	-16	-15	-13	-13	-3	-2	-2	-6	-1	4	-17	-14	-7	-9	-9	2	-16
Low °C	2	2	-14	-14	-15	-21	-20	-14	-15	-5	-2	-4	-6	-4	-2	-21	-14	-10	-11	-12	1	-19
Chill °C (?)	-4	-3	-4	-26	-24	-27	-19	-22	-22	-10	-7	-6	-13	-6	0	-24	-22	-16	-18	-17	-3	-24
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.3 S	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.2 W	-	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	5	8	-	-	-	6	-	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	-	0.6 NW	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.5 W	0.4 NNW	-	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	3	4	4	3	2	-	4	4	6	5	3	3	6	2	3	3	8	3	-	5	-

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 N	2.1 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	-	-	3	3	7	-	5	-	-	-	3	4	5	5
Energy(?)	292	272	138	76	72	29	6	2	0	0	2	4	385	0	1	0	0	0	2	29	66	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	2	2	2	2	-5	-11	-14	-14	-14	-13	-15	1	-18	-20	-21	-20	-15	-13	-14	-11	-17
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-3	-4	-4	-13	-22	-26	-26	-26	-24	-26	0	-29	-30	-31	-28	-19	-13	-19	-16	-23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.3 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	2.1 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	2	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	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	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	Stony Point Lake Ontario	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	6
Energy(?)	14	245	292	309	306	272	235	190	138	108	86	76	24	58	72	80	36	29	18	11	294	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	-1	-5	-7	-9	3	2
Chill °C (?)	-6	-5	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-8	-13	-16	-19	-2	-3
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	5	5	-	-	6	10	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.9 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	3	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	6

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