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 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	1.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.8 NW	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	10	11	-	8	6	9	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	10	9
Energy	0	0	0	0	353	0	340	402	396	0	582	58	155	14	5	32	1	0	0	0	67	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	7	10	8	12	13	11	11	5	4	5	13	3	5	8	4	5	5	4	11	15
Low °C	5	3	5	8	7	7	12	9	9	5	3	4	12	2	3	7	1	2	5	1	7	14
Chill °C (?)	2	4	6	9	4	10	11	8	10	-1	-1	1	11	0	2	4	1	2	1	0	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:05	5:50	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:49	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	1.4 W	0.4 W	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	11	-	8	7	9	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	0.5 SE	1.4 E	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	3	9	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Saturday 25	Sunday 26	Monday 27	Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.2 N	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	2.0 E	0.1 SW	1.4 E
Period(s)	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	8	10
Energy	2	2	0	98	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	315	0	0	377	3	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	5	13	11	4	3	5	7	8	10	10	8	7	6	7	11	14	14	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	3	2	5	12	9	4	2	4	6	7	9	10	6	5	3	4	8	12	12	12	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.4 E
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.4 E	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	2.0 E	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	4	5	7	7	-

	Saturday 25	Sunday 26
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 E
Period(s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7
Energy	2	2	2	51	70	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	416	0	0	0	0	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	4	4	5	11	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	10	4	4	8	3	7
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	9	10	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	6	4	4	6	2	1
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7

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