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

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Chincoteague 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	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 Marias Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 N	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	7
Energy(?)	66	81	20	66	75	46	19	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	219	136	0	0	0	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	10
High °C	16	9	-5	-2	-2	-2	0	0	-1	1	2	2	2	3	-1	-9	-4	16	-10	-1	-1	7
Low °C	11	6	-12	-9	-2	-6	-7	0	-3	-1	2	1	2	3	-8	-10	-5	7	-16	-4	-4	5
Chill °C (?)	15	5	-13	-8	-8	-8	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	1	-7	-18	-11	15	-15	-5	-5	3
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 S	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	6	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	1.0 NE	0.2 NNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 NE	1.7 N	-	-	-	-	1.9 E
Period (s)	3	4	2	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	7

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 NE	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	5	6	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5
Energy(?)	0	0	79	437	0	53	45	21	16	58	33	45	66	95	75	46	34	46	48	32	19	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	3	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-14	18	17	-10	8	6	-5	-6	6	-12	-9	-2	-2	-2	7	-2	-2	-6	-7	0	0
Chill °C (?)	-15	-19	18	16	-16	5	4	-13	-13	3	-16	-14	-8	-8	-6	5	-7	-6	-10	-11	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	5	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	10	10	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.6 WNW	-	0.8 NE	-	-	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	-	3	4	5	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	4	5	6	5	-	-	5

	Thursday 26	Friday 27
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.2 E	1.6 S	-	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	9	6	-	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	3	4
Energy(?)	0	0	9	185	0	172	140	0	0	214	0	0	0	0	0	99	0	0	0	1	6	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	-7	20	16	-13	18	19	-16	-16	17	-17	-16	-12	-11	-10	11	-8	-7	-6	-5	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-13	-14	19	14	-18	17	18	-22	-22	16	-23	-21	-16	-16	-16	8	-14	-13	-12	-10	-8	-10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	10	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	1.3 S	1.6 S	-	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	2	-	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	4

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