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

	Mon		Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.6 W	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 W	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	1.1 S
Period(s)	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	-	-	5	-	6
Energy	176	114	201	261	73	29	91	67	39	2	1	1	3	2	79	83	2	0	0	79	0	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	3	5	3	4	18	20	12	4	3	5	7	6	15	20	6	4	4	20	5	22
Low °C	7	10	3	5	3	4	16	13	11	4	2	3	6	4	14	14	4	3	4	18	4	19
Chill °C (?)	7	10	-2	0	-2	1	17	20	10	0	0	4	5	6	13	20	3	2	1	20	2	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	0.9 W	0.2 W	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	8	-	7	6	10	7	6	5	4	-	-	4	9	9	4	-	-	11	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	-	0.6 W	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	1.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	4	-	-	5	-	6

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06	Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias 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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 W	-	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	7	7	6	-	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6
Energy	368	299	176	0	590	483	333	267	116	205	199	149	108	82	77	58	29	26	22	16	75	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	7	7	5	4	3	3	10	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	21	19
Chill °C (?)	9	7	4	2	1	-1	-2	-2	8	-3	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	1	0	0	-1	0	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	6	-	5	9	8	8	-	-	7	-	4	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	6	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 W	-	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	-

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias 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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.8 S	2.0 S	-	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.2 E	1.4 S
Period(s)	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	6
Energy	3	264	368	0	371	299	174	153	92	255	435	548	581	734	590	587	517	483	413	394	6	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	12	8	11	9	8	8	13	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	17	16
Chill °C (?)	5	6	9	3	8	7	6	6	11	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	-1	-1	-1	-2	16	14
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	7	-	6	6	6	5	-	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	7	6	6	-	6	6	6	5	-	8	-	5	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.2 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	6	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6

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