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 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Surfers Point Campground Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City 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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	4	-	-	7	7	3	-	3	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	6	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	5	0	0	233	61	3	0	7	160	207	164	207	454	677	646	776	122	27	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 1.05	9:57AM 1.27	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		1:58PM 1.02	2:42AM 1.00		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		3:41AM -0.02		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:44PM 0.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:12AM 0.21		8:45PM 0.07	9:04AM 0.16	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	0	7	0	0	18	9	2	1	4	6	5	6	15	5	5	5	5	5	4	1	4	4
Low °C	0	7	-2	-1	9	8	1	-1	3	5	4	5	14	4	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	4
Chill °C (?)	-2	5	-5	-5	18	6	-3	-2	-1	1	0	1	13	-1	0	1	1	2	2	-4	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:40	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	7	7	5	-	4	-	6	-	9	11	11	9	9	-	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 S	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	3	7	3	3	-	3	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	6	5	-	-	-

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Surfers Point Campground Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	55	55	43	0	0	0	98	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	49	60	60	102	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			9:40PM 1.05	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		10:59AM 1.19			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM -0.10			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:38PM -0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				5:38PM 0.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	-1	-1	-1	8	0	0	18	-1	-2	-1	-1	8	9	10	8	0	-1	0	1
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	-5	-6	-6	6	-5	-5	18	-6	-7	-5	-6	5	6	7	5	-5	-5	0	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	2	3	6	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Surfers Point Campground Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	67	67	55	0	0	0	10	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	37	44	44	52	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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
Low Tide / height (m)			3:44PM -0.10	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	3:51AM -0.02				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	0	0	0	7	0	0	18	0	-1	-1	-1	17	16	15	15	-2	-2	-2	-1
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	-2	-2	-2	5	-2	-2	18	-4	-5	-5	-6	16	15	14	14	-7	-8	-8	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	2	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	3

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