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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	1.4 E	-	0.1 S	1.2 E	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.8 E	0.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	-	8	8	-	7	10	-	-	7	6	9	4	5	9	4	5	9	9	9	-	10	9
Energy	0	318	271	0	1	320	0	0	214	35	181	4	2	118	1	37	64	42	59	0	46	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.47	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:14AM 1.39	n/a n/a		7:55AM 1.36	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:11AM 1.28		9:27PM 1.62	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.05		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:56AM 0.04	1:08PM 0.02	n/a n/a	1:41AM 0.02	1:45PM 0.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:55PM 0.09	3:43AM 0.04	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	8	12	15	11	10	5	4	4	13	3	4	15	4	6	15	15	9	5	10	10
Low °C	5	8	7	7	13	10	5	5	3	3	12	3	3	13	1	4	13	9	9	5	7	6
Chill °C (?)	4	5	4	10	13	9	6	-1	-1	0	11	-1	0	13	1	1	13	13	7	0	8	7
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	5:50	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	1.2 E	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.8 E	0.2 W	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	7	10	-	-	7	6	9	4	5	9	4	-	9	9	9	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	3	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.6 SE	1.6 SE	-	3.0 SSE	-	1.0 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SE	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	8	8	4	6	-	8	-	7	6	3	-	-	4	-	5	3	3	3	-	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Out Front Virginia	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	1.3 E	1.8 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	9	9	-	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	8
Energy	140	256	0	0	0	0	0	0	262	271	0	259	722	0	1	3	7	8	403	403	338	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State	low	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	5:41AM 1.42		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:30AM 1.41		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 0.16	11:58PM 0.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		11:11PM 0.12	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	13	3	5	6	7	9	10	7	7	6	7	11	15	13	13	13	12	10	9	11	4
Chill °C (?)	12	12	1	3	4	7	9	10	3	3	4	3	8	13	10	10	10	9	8	7	9	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.2 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	6	9	-	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	1.3 E	1.8 E	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	9	9	5	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	8

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	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	Out Front Virginia	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-
Period(s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-
Energy	200	281	0	0	0	0	0	0	445	421	0	318	325	0	0	0	0	0	326	326	318	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:44AM 1.44		n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	5	5	4	3	3	3	7	7	4	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	6	4	5	4	7	4	5	5	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-

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