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

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	Tue		Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Wedge Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.5 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	2.1 E	1.1 W	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	8	6	6	-	5	6	4	9	7	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	517	377	73	41	63	57	50	23	6	676	14	12	0	25	24	1	1167	111	342	273	313	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	mod. snow	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-8	-10	-7	6	9	10	-14	-18	-14	-20	-16	-13	-11	-10	-6	-3	-6	-4	-5	-6	-4
Low °C	-8	-11	-11	-8	5	5	9	-21	-21	-14	-24	-21	-14	-18	-16	-7	-6	-7	-4	-9	-9	-5
Chill °C (?)	-19	-18	-18	-14	1	6	9	-24	-29	-26	-31	-22	-19	-20	-19	-12	-11	-15	-12	-12	-12	-11
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 S	1.4 SE	-	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	-	6	6	-	5	-	4	10	-	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.5 W	-	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	2.5 NW	0.3 NNW	-	1.1 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 NE	2.1 E	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	5	6	6	3	3	8	2	-	5	5	6	2	9	7	4	5	4	3

	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	517	569	471	377	234	137	73	54	41	57	36	37	15	92	57	58	80	72	66	44	64	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-11	-11	-10	-8	-7	-6	-6	-7	5	5	9	9	9	7	6	2	1
Chill °C (?)	-19	-18	-18	-18	-17	-20	-19	-18	-15	-14	-14	-15	-16	0	1	6	7	8	5	3	-2	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	3	5	6	5	5	9	-	-	10	6	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	2	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	2

	Tuesday 20	Wednesday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
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	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	Out Front Virginia	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	394	456	517	586	546	569	510	462	471	416	374	377	428	37	36	36	35	35	35	21	30	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-3	-4	-4	-4	-3	-2	0	-2	0
Chill °C (?)	-18	-18	-19	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-18	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-5	-8	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	3	3	-	-	-	2	-	-

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