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

	Tue		Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	2.3 NW	0.2 W	0.7 NW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	5	3	7	5	6	4	-	5	7	7	7	6	6	7	5	4	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	19	167	1	9	26	4	251	21	0	15	64	45	49	22	6	520	2	20	230	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 1.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	1	-8	-7	-6	-5	-3	-1	-4	-2	0	-7	-8	-10	-15	-5	-6	-7	-4	-4	-5	-2
Low °C	-1	0	-9	-8	-9	-6	-3	-3	-7	-2	-3	-8	-9	-16	-18	-6	-16	-12	-4	-8	-7	-4
Chill °C (?)	-4	-5	-16	-15	-13	-11	-10	-4	-6	-6	-4	-16	-16	-19	-24	-12	-12	-10	-10	-10	-11	-9
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	7	5	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	6	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	2.3 NW	0.3 NNE	0.8 E	1.6 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	3	3	3	2	6	4	-	5	3	3	2	2	-	7	2	4	7	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	3	3	4	7	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	5
Energy(?)	202	68	7	7	3	62	81	3	9	18	61	26	9	8	4	0	0	0	0	157	89	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22PM -0.05	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	2	-2	-3	-5	0	1	-8	-7	-8	-8	-9	-8	-6	-6	-5	-4	-5	-7	-7	-7	-6
Chill °C (?)	1	-3	-4	-6	-12	-4	-4	-16	-15	-16	-16	-17	-16	-13	-13	-11	-10	-11	-13	-11	-10	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	2	-	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	7	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	6	6	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	5	6	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7
Energy(?)	207	104	19	22	11	770	630	15	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	103	81	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	2	-1	-1	0	1	2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-4	-5	-7	-8	-9	-9	1	1	1
Chill °C (?)	2	-1	-6	-6	-4	-5	-4	-5	-4	-4	-5	-6	-7	-9	-12	-14	-16	-17	-17	-4	-4	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	5	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4

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