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 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			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	Wedge Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.6 N	1.1 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	2.4 WSW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	8	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	4	6	3	7	6	7	6	8	8	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	37	215	0	0	0	0	115	43	6	8	23	10	574	251	60	329	274	172	98	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	2	2	1	-8	-8	-10	-7	-6	-8	-10	-6	-9	-9	-6	-8	-10	-10	-14	-10	-6
Low °C	1	-1	1	2	-8	-8	-9	-11	-11	-7	-10	-11	-7	-14	-9	-7	-9	-11	-12	-18	-15	-7
Chill °C (?)	-5	-4	-2	-3	-5	-19	-19	-22	-16	-13	-16	-21	-14	-18	-20	-14	-18	-19	-19	-24	-17	-12
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	4:45	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	6	5	-	-	-	11	6	6	6	6	-	7	6	-	10	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.9 NE	2.2 NNE	1.6 N	1.1 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NW	2.4 WSW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	7	6	7	6	8	8	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Wedge Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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
Rating	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 N	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period(s) (?)	-	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	3
Energy(?)	0	131	118	215	88	68	111	98	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	115	77	53	43	23	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-2	-1	-3	0	-3	-2	0	3	2	2	1	0	-5	-8	-8	-8	-8	-9	-10	-10	-11	-11
Chill °C (?)	-9	-7	-8	-3	-5	-4	0	-1	-3	-3	-3	-7	-15	-20	-19	-19	-19	-20	-22	-21	-22	-22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	12	13	12	10	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Wedge Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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
Rating	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	13	13	10	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	26	26	37	102	102	155	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	278	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-1	-1	1	0	-1	1	1	0	0	-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Chill °C (?)	-7	-8	-7	-5	-6	-7	-4	-4	-7	-6	-18	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-3	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	6	10	10	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-

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