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 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	-	2.5 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.6 E	0.6 W	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.7 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	4	6	-	8	-	3	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	6	70	0	844	0	1	15	52	69	25	38	43	86	49	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	2	7	-1	6	-10	-6	-5	-3	7	-3	0	2	2	2	2	0	-4	22	0	2	3	2
Low °C	0	4	-1	-2	-17	-8	-10	-6	6	-8	-2	1	1	1	2	-6	-8	21	-1	1	2	-1
Chill °C (?)	-1	4	-6	1	-10	-9	-10	-10	3	-7	-5	0	0	0	-2	-3	-11	22	-6	-2	1	-1
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:19	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.6 E	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	1.1 S	0.7 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	5	-	6	6	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	2.5 N	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 W	0.8 N	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	8	-	3	-	6	5	-	5	5	3	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Holland 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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	3	4	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	0	0	17	6	2	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	64	331	0	1	5	19	15	86	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	2	2	1	0	-4	-3	-1	7	-4	-8	-13	-16	17	0	-8	-6	-6	-5	-7	-10	-6
Chill °C (?)	-3	-1	2	1	-3	-9	-8	-6	5	-11	-15	-19	-22	16	-4	-13	-9	-11	-10	-12	-10	-10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	6	5	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.6 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	6	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	3	4	5	-	6	-

	Wednesday 25	Thursday 26
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Holland 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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	3	-	-	4	4	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	101	0	0	27	3	0	0	6	3	40	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	12	8	-1	-3	-4	-5	-4	-3	-2
Chill °C (?)	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	10	6	-5	-8	-9	-10	-10	-8	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 E	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	5	4	4	4	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	2	2

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