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 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Long Point Lake Erie	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	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.3 W	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	-	9	-	9	5	5	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-
Energy	0	37	0	63	22	5	28	106	99	172	61	29	19	18	14	6	5	4	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	13	3	10	5	5	17	8	15	13	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	6
Low °C	2	12	2	7	4	3	12	6	10	13	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	4	5	3	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	11	3	7	1	1	16	4	14	10	-2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	5
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 SE	0.7 S	0.3 W	0.3 E	0.7 S	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	7	5	5	8	6	-	-	5	5	5	-	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	5	4	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	-	-	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 02	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 S	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	4	4	9	9	9	2	3	3	-	9	9	-	-	-	8	9	9	5	6	6	5	6
Energy	1	3	83	78	41	1	2	2	0	49	52	0	0	0	84	87	60	5	11	19	38	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
Tide State	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	3	2	11	11	12	3	4	3	2	9	7	4	5	5	14	14	14	4	5	7	9	8
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	10	9	10	-1	0	3	0	6	3	0	0	1	12	14	13	0	1	2	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	4	4	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	8	9	9	5	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	-	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	-	2	3	3	-	4	4	3	4	5	3	-	-	-	3	4	5	6

	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period(s)	4	4	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	2	3	3	3	3
Energy	4	4	86	86	45	3	1	1	1	59	58	0	0	0	39	57	39	1	1	1	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	11	11	12	2	2	1	1	10	10	2	2	3	12	12	12	3	3	4	4	3
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	8	9	10	-1	-1	-2	-1	8	8	0	-1	0	10	10	10	-1	-1	0	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	3	3	3

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