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

	Sat		Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 W	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	-
Period(s)	6	7	5	7	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	8	-	8	9	-	9	9	-
Energy	119	154	8	67	14	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	302	46	52	0	64	67	0	88	61	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	1
High °C	16	19	4	23	3	4	4	3	9	6	7	5	12	16	15	11	15	11	11	14	20	17
Low °C	16	17	4	23	2	3	4	2	4	6	4	3	11	14	13	6	9	9	10	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	19	1	23	-2	1	0	3	5	2	2	0	9	15	14	9	14	9	10	13	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	9	7	6	9	5	4	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	7	8	-	8	9	-	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	11	9	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	6	7	-	7	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	0.4 W	0.7 SE	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	7	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	-

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10	Monday 11	Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	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
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-
Period(s)	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	5	7	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	-
Energy	1	2	14	149	89	154	141	143	124	96	37	104	96	45	9	4	1	3	6	4	1	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	19	18	18	17	17	22	21	3	21	20	17	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	2
Chill °C (?)	7	3	0	19	18	18	17	17	22	21	-2	21	20	16	1	3	1	0	1	3	1	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	-	7	7	7	5	5	4	-	-	-	3	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	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
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	4	4	4	4	9	5	5	5	6	5	4	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Energy	5	5	1	64	32	97	102	111	119	104	27	123	123	98	30	44	32	24	24	42	15	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	8	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	4	19	19	20	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	6	4	7	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	-1	19	19	20	-1	0	-1	-1	0	0	1	0
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	9	9	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	6	6	-	5	6	-	-	-	6	-	-

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