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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.3 S	0.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 SSE	0.2 W	0.9 SSE	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	6	6	5	6	5	-	5	4	3	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	8	4	-	-	-	-
Energy	33	119	14	69	10	0	3	6	2	76	193	13	9	36	92	2	118	1	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	on	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	3
High °C	3	19	2	11	4	4	5	6	6	17	19	4	5	7	17	4	20	3	4	9	10	7
Low °C	3	17	1	11	4	2	3	5	5	14	17	3	4	6	15	3	16	3	4	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	18	-2	9	1	2	2	4	4	15	19	2	3	5	17	0	20	0	3	8	8	4
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.9 SSE	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	5	6	5	-	5	4	-	9	6	5	5	-	8	5	8	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	11	-	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.3 S	-	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 SSE	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	4	5	-	4	4	3	6	6	-	5	5	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	4	5	5	4	4	4
Energy	124	44	33	33	33	73	222	269	19	19	15	17	50	42	43	0	1	2	3	4	6	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	3	3	3	3	20	20	17	2	3	3	4	14	13	12	3	2	3	5	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	-1	-2	-2	20	20	17	-2	0	0	1	14	12	10	3	0	0	2	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.1 W	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	4	5	5	-	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	-	-	6	-	3	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	5	5	4	7	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-

	Wednesday 06	Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.4 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy	178	140	124	59	45	2	2	139	33	29	33	33	116	119	119	34	34	28	20	20	27	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	2	2	3	17	18	17	3	3	3	3	18	19	19	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	16	17	16	-1	-2	-2	-2	17	18	18	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	7	6	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	-

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