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 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.9 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	1.7 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	9	4	4	3	7	6	-	-	-	-
Energy	132	234	269	152	95	94	119	60	79	56	44	8	157	3	1	1	264	244	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-
High °C	12	15	16	19	17	11	13	12	12	12	10	6	14	5	5	5	16	17	7	5	5	5
Low °C	12	13	13	18	9	7	13	10	12	10	9	3	13	4	4	4	14	15	5	4	4	5
Chill °C (?)	10	14	15	19	16	8	13	10	11	12	8	2	12	3	2	0	14	16	4	2	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.9 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	9	4	4	-	8	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	6	3	3	6	3	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.7 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	4	2	4	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	7	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30	Friday 01	Sat
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	6	6	5	4	4	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	9	9
Energy	11	3	2	2	1	116	218	102	258	273	263	201	75	95	95	119	68	152	88	14	58	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	3	3	3	13	14	13	16	18	17	16	6	10	9	7	11	14	13	4	12	11
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-1	-1	1	12	13	11	15	18	17	15	4	7	6	3	9	14	13	0	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	-	0.1 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	-	6	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	2	6	2	3	4	3	-	6	5	3	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period(s)	6	6	6	5	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10
Energy	19	17	11	9	11	125	226	275	242	240	240	245	0	319	482	185	118	234	158	0	172	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	3	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	9	14	13	12	14	14	13	2	14	14
Chill °C (?)	1	0	0	0	0	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	6	12	10	10	12	12	12	-1	13	13
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	6	5	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	10	3	3	3	3	4	10	10	4	4	4	4	-	4	-

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