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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	South 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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.5 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	10	10	7	10	10	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	8	10	10	10	-
Energy(?)	138	97	63	105	102	49	64	731	22	11	15	19	29	31	80	10	117	243	127	65	63	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. snow	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-6	7	9	-9	5	3	-13	-20	-16	-11	-14	-12	-9	-10	-11	-11	-6	-7	-5	-4	-13
Low °C	-11	-7	5	6	-10	0	1	-14	-24	-21	-12	-19	-17	-11	-12	-14	-11	-7	-9	-7	-5	-16
Chill °C (?)	-17	-13	3	6	-19	2	3	-23	-30	-23	-20	-24	-21	-16	-14	-17	-18	-15	-15	-12	-11	-19
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	10	6	9	10	10	-	6	6	5	-	4	4	-	-	-	6	10	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	10	-	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	9	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	2.5 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	4	7	3	3	8	2	-	-	5	5	5	5	4	6	8	4	3	4	-

	Wednesday 21							Thursday 22								Friday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
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	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	268	278	138	114	97	102	113	38	18	59	105	125	58	74	68	27	42	46	44	97	93	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-11	-11	-9	-7	-6	-6	-5	-7	5	6	9	9	9	6	-16	0	0	0	3	4	-17
Chill °C (?)	-17	-20	-19	-17	-14	-13	-14	-14	-16	0	2	6	7	7	4	-26	-4	-4	-2	3	2	-28
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	5	6	7	6	9	6	10	10	6	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	7	6	5	5	7	-	10	10	-	10	6	-	6	6	5	3	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	5	3	5	4	6	6	6	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
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	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	5	10	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	319	312	268	229	336	278	282	144	138	53	42	45	63	64	84	112	86	38	38	65	65	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-8	-8	-9	-10	-11	-12	-12	-11	2	2	3	3	3	3	-7	3	5	5	6	6	-5
Chill °C (?)	-18	-17	-17	-18	-19	-20	-21	-20	-19	-4	-3	-2	-3	-3	-3	-14	-2	0	0	1	1	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	11	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	7	7	7	6	6	2	3	3	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	6

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