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

	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wolfe Island 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	Out Front 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
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	2.1 S	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 S	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	6	6	-	7	6	8	6	8	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Energy(?)	281	239	71	13	3	0	449	159	203	65	330	75	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	5	17	2	1	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Low °C	5	4	3	4	5	6	8	7	2	16	2	0	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	3	3
Chill °C (?)	1	2	2	4	3	5	7	4	0	16	-5	-6	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	4:40	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	8	6	6	-	-	6	10	6	10	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 S	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	4	7	7	6	8	4	8	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Thursday 13	Friday 14	Saturday 15	Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 NW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	8	8
Energy(?)	281	343	335	358	123	62	54	82	13	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	449	127	159	170	182	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	6	6	6	5	1	3	4	4	6	6	5	6	7	7	9	9	8	8	7	5	3
Chill °C (?)	0	1	1	2	2	-3	1	2	2	4	3	1	2	2	3	6	7	5	4	2	0	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	7	6	7	-	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	2.1 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	6	-	6	-	2	4	5	6	7	8	-	7	4	6	7	8	8

	Thursday 13	Friday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	-	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	240	281	281	288	177	392	343	920	335	282	247	358	177	297	116	0	90	71	72	55	54	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	5	4	4	3	3
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	6	2	3	2	2	1	1
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	8	-	9	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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