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 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.4 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 S	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	-	-	-	7	9	5	6	4	-	4	6	5	4	6	8	6	7	-	-	-	4
Energy(?)	239	0	0	0	280	40	103	182	9	0	24	269	66	2	54	21	99	2	0	0	0	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:55PM 0.89	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	n/a n/a		8:38PM 1.61	9:03AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	10:43AM 0.21	n/a n/a	10:48PM 0.23	11:11AM 0.09	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	2:55PM -0.11	2:57AM -0.22		3:04PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	3	6	-	-	-	3	-	6	9	2	9	2	-	-	-	2	9	-	-
High °C	17	2	3	9	8	19	25	22	10	5	11	12	12	8	6	26	23	8	13	9	0	25
Low °C	16	1	3	8	6	15	23	21	6	5	6	9	12	4	6	26	22	4	10	2	0	22
Chill °C (?)	16	-2	-3	6	5	18	25	22	7	2	11	10	11	6	5	26	23	4	10	6	-6	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	6:20	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:24	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:29	-	-	7:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	7	9	9	6	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	8	6	7	-	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	7	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.6 SE	2.3 SSE	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.8 S	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	4	4	7	-	-	5	5	6	4	3	4	6	5	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 ESE	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	5	10	4	10	10	-	-	-	8	7	8	-	-	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	174	5	138	2	135	220	0	0	0	1	2	136	0	0	200	86	54	17	98	97	203	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	4:10PM 1.01	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		5:29PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	10:17AM 0.22	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	9:47PM 0.31		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				11:45PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	1	15	2	13	11	2	3	3	3	4	11	7	6	6	3	2	4	26	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	-1	15	-2	13	11	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	8	3	2	5	1	1	4	26	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:31	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 ESE	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	5	10	4	10	10	-	-	-	8	7	8	-	-	7	7	6	5	9	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	5	6	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	-	3	5	5	-	5	5	6	6

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	5	10	5	10	10	5	5	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	184	5	155	6	153	286	5	5	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	118	119	119	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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	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			4:16AM 1.16
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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	-1	13	1	14	16	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	1	1	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	-5	11	-2	12	15	0	0	1	1	0	-2	-2	-1	-3	-2	-3	-3	9	8	6	6
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	5	10	5	10	10	5	5	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	2	2	3

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