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 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach 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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	1.2 S	0.7 SSE	-	2.1 SW	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	5	10	6	7	-	7	6	3	3	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	-	-	10
Energy(?)	2	5	1	10	135	43	0	454	55	13	6	9	6	12	182	9	10	225	76	0	0	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-3	-5	7	8	10	-11	-3	-10	-14	-13	-12	-9	-7	-8	-6	-8	-4	3	-12	-11	-6
Low °C	-6	-3	-6	6	7	4	-15	-4	-13	-16	-13	-20	-9	-9	-10	-8	-12	-10	2	-13	-19	-6
Chill °C (?)	-10	-10	-11	2	6	8	-14	-9	-16	-24	-23	-21	-19	-16	-8	-11	-16	-12	0	-15	-18	-15
Sunrise	8:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:16	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	5	10	10	7	-	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	4	6	10	-	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-	2.1 SW	0.4 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNW	1.6 WNW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	3	6	6	-	-	7	3	3	3	2	-	2	6	2	2	6	6	-	-	4

	Friday 16	Saturday 17	Sunday 18	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	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park 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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	0.9 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	7	4	5	6	7
Energy(?)	197	54	5	4	1	1	2	0	0	101	230	125	131	104	121	97	48	43	24	48	59	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-13	-10	-3	-3	-5	-5	-6	-6	-5	6	6	8	9	6	6	3	3	3	-9	-9	-10	-8
Chill °C (?)	-20	-10	-10	-9	-11	-11	-10	-10	-9	2	2	6	7	4	6	0	0	1	-9	-14	-16	-11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	-	10	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	6	5	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	2.3 SW
Period (s)	6	5	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	6	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	5	4	7

	Friday 16	Saturday 17
	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	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park 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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	6
Energy(?)	245	36	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	59	74	1	1	2	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-14	-16	-6	-5	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	0	0	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	-5	-6	-6	0
Chill °C (?)	-23	-25	-14	-13	-12	-10	-10	-10	-10	-5	-5	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	-10	-11	-10	-6
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	6

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