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

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	1.7 E	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE
Period(s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	9	-	-	7	8	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	9
Energy	0	0	93	0	0	57	121	0	109	0	0	293	131	0	211	53	0	0	0	0	0	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	6	14	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	16	6	9	13	13	15	17	10	13	22	23	7	14	24	8	8	6	8	10	25
Low °C	6	7	15	5	6	10	10	15	16	8	7	20	19	7	13	21	7	7	6	7	6	20
Chill °C (?)	5	5	14	2	6	11	11	13	17	7	12	22	23	2	13	24	5	4	1	6	8	25
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	9	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	8	-	-	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	3	4	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	-	-	9
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	93	45	0	0	59	0	71	55	57	0	120	121	0	0	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	7	7	8	16	15	15	4	5	14	6	13	12	11	10	10	13	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	6	3	3	5	5	5	16	15	14	0	2	12	2	11	10	8	6	7	11	9	13	17
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	7	-	-	13	-	13	12	7	-	-	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	3	-	4	4	-	-	3

	Wednesday 13	Thu
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	120	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	4	4	6	5	4	3	2	3	3	4	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

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