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

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	1.3 W	0.9 E	0.9 W	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	4	6	11	6	11	12	11	6	5	2	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	10	124	264	63	243	217	184	209	2	1	118	23	14	18	15	137	24	11	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	23	15	23	21	24	20	14	15	19	16	17	18	17	19	19	17	16	19	19	17
Low °C	18	17	22	15	22	19	21	19	12	12	19	16	16	18	16	18	18	12	12	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	23	14	23	21	24	20	12	14	19	16	16	18	17	19	19	17	16	19	19	16
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 E	0.1 W	0.9 E	0.9 SE	0.8 E	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	-	0.1 SW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	11	7	11	5	11	-	5	-	-	5	5	-	6	-	4	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	15	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.3 W	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	1.4 W	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	2	6	5	5	5	-	6	6	2	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 23	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	4	11	11	11	4	5	6	7	7	7	12	12	11	6	6	6	6	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	6	488	429	361	10	54	124	128	186	73	240	213	162	74	88	103	98	217	204	207	120	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	21	21	18	17	17	17	17	16	23	23	24	15	15	14	13	20	19	21	25	27
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	21	17	16	16	16	16	15	23	23	24	14	13	12	10	20	19	21	25	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	5	11	11	11	4	4	-	-	7	7	12	12	11	-	-	6	6	5	5	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	12	12	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	4	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	3	4	4	5	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4	549	480	480	6	6	3	3	4	4	312	361	361	4	10	23	36	482	482	571	484	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	22	22	22	19	19	19	18	18	18	21	21	22	18	18	18	17	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	19	22	22	22	19	19	19	18	18	18	21	21	22	17	17	17	16	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	4	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	4	4	4	4	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	5	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	-	-	8	8	8

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