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

	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.8 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.4 ESE	1.9 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 N	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 S	1.0 W	0.5 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	6	9	7	9	8	7	5	5	7	8	6	6	7	-	-
Energy(?)	47	43	77	158	1182	646	196	60	41	350	90	87	266	5	2	202	183	136	93	46	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:47PM 1.08		6:07AM 1.38	6:40PM 1.09		n/a n/a		8:07PM 1.15	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	10:53AM 1.26	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:50AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		11:55PM -0.14	12:52PM -0.18		12:49AM -0.15	n/a n/a	1:46PM -0.20	2:27AM -0.15	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	4:30AM 0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:27AM 0.09	6:19PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	-8	-5	-3	-3	-2	0	5	3	4	6	-1	-2	-3	0	-2	0	0	6	0	0
Low °C	5	4	-12	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	4	2	3	4	-3	-11	-3	-2	-3	-2	-1	4	-2	-1
Chill °C (?)	4	2	-16	-13	-12	-9	-8	-6	3	-2	1	3	-7	-9	-11	-6	-4	-4	-5	2	-6	-6
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	4:39	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	6	8	6	5	9	7	9	8	-	5	5	-	15	6	5	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	8	8	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 W	3.0 SSW	1.8 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	-	1.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	1.7 N	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 S	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	7	8	9	8	6	-	7	-	3	7	-	3	7	8	6	6	4	-	-

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	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.9 WNW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	11	6	11	10	7	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	10	6	6	10	10
Energy(?)	47	48	47	43	111	342	103	70	158	316	106	1182	1233	746	646	468	196	42	63	60	42	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:47PM 1.08				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
Low Tide / height (m)				11:55PM -0.14		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	1:52AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	5	4	4	4	-4	4	6	-6	-8	-11	-3	-4	-5	-4	-3	-3	3	-2	-1	4	3
Chill °C (?)	4	2	2	1	1	-9	0	2	-12	-11	-17	-12	-13	-13	-11	-9	-9	0	-8	-7	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	8	11	10	7	-	-	6	-	7	8	8	6	10	6	5	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	-	-	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	6	3	3	7	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	-	6	6	-	-

	Wednesday 03										Thursday 04
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 WNW	3.0 NW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	50	47	47	50	48	548	47	30	45	1133	27	84	88	114	114	114	113	63	86	81	63	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:47PM 1.08	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	6:22AM 1.51	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	5	5	2	4	4	-8	-1	1	-9	-11	-13	-13	-14	-14	3	-14	-12	4	5
Chill °C (?)	2	3	4	3	3	-4	1	2	-17	-8	-6	-19	-21	-22	-22	-24	-24	0	-24	-22	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	7	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	3.0 NW	0.7 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	8	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	-	-

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