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

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	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	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	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 S	-
Period(s) (?)	-	6	8	7	7	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	5	-
Energy(?)	0	60	105	79	88	16	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	11	23	26	4	0	109	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	4	4	18	3
Low °C	9	7	2	2	2	0	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	3	3	4	6	6	3	1	16	1
Chill °C (?)	6	5	-1	-5	-5	-6	-5	-4	-3	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	2	3	4	-1	0	17	0
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	8	6	8	-	10	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NE	-	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	7	7	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	2	-	5	-

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16	Monday 17	Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	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	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.2 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	-
Period(s) (?)	-	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	-
Energy(?)	0	137	60	90	108	105	71	78	79	88	88	68	35	16	10	5	9	5	5	4	2	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	7	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	2	-1	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-5	-6	-6	-5	-5	-4	-4	-3	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	7	6	5	-	8	8	-	-	-	10	10	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	7	7	8	5	7	7	8	7	7	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	-

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	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	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	2.2 S	-	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	-	8	-	8	7	7	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	0	643	0	330	199	137	7	63	60	56	84	90	99	105	108	90	82	105	100	100	71	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Chill °C (?)	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	3	2	2	1	-1	-1	-2	-4	-3	-3	-4	-4	-5
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	5	3

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