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

	Wed	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	-	1.2 S	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	-	10	-	-	6	7	5	-	6	9	6	9	9	6	6	7	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	162	0	150	0	0	22	158	23	0	187	89	106	78	79	237	248	483	1	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:09PM 1.27	10:54AM 0.46		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:50PM 1.13	12:20PM 0.40		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	1:16PM 0.83	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	2:45AM -0.14	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:21AM -0.07	5:13AM -0.03	5:26PM -0.02	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:31AM 0.03	4:52PM 0.13	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:18PM 0.27	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	0	20	0	1	1	6	8	2	17	20	16	17	15	11	7	9	-2	-3	-2	-2	-8
Low °C	8	-6	20	-2	1	0	2	3	1	16	18	16	14	15	9	4	6	-3	-3	-3	-2	-17
Chill °C (?)	8	-4	20	-4	-4	-5	4	4	-2	16	20	16	16	15	8	4	6	-7	-10	-7	-8	-14
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	-	-	6	7	5	-	9	9	6	6	6	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 E	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 S	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	5	5	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	7	3	4	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	-	-	8	9	9	-	7	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	5	8	4
Energy(?)	92	0	0	120	213	241	0	251	142	109	189	81	0	0	0	0	0	131	0	22	143	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)	8:51PM 1.49	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			10:13AM 0.49	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	10:07PM 1.45	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	10	-	1
Temp. °C	6	-7	-8	8	13	17	1	2	2	15	15	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	8	8	8	3
Chill °C (?)	4	-14	-15	6	12	17	-2	-2	-1	15	15	-4	-4	-3	-2	-1	-1	-2	5	4	6	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	5	8	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.8 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	3	4	3	7	7	5	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	4	-	-	4

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	-
Period(s) (?)	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	7	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	-
Energy(?)	89	0	0	117	188	162	0	188	292	88	211	99	0	0	0	0	0	97	0	0	179	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	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
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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	-1	-2	6	9	10	-8	0	-1	10	10	6	-8	-7	-6	-4	-2	9	0	1	11	1
Chill °C (?)	5	-6	-8	4	7	8	-16	-4	-6	8	9	4	-15	-13	-12	-9	-6	7	-3	-2	9	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	7	8	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	5	3

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