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

	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street 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	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.7 E	1.2 S	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	0.6 W	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	-	3	9	6	9	8	7	8	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	7	-
Energy(?)	75	115	0	1	88	194	637	189	479	348	49	7	1	0	0	0	0	573	43	0	11	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	some clouds	clear	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	6	2	2	18	18	3	5	5	4	16	-6	-4	-6	-5	-4	-9	-6	-2	-5	2	1
Low °C	1	2	2	1	16	18	2	2	5	2	13	-8	-5	-8	-8	-6	-12	-7	-6	-10	-1	-1
Chill °C (?)	-3	4	0	-2	17	17	-2	0	2	-2	15	-11	-10	-12	-12	-10	-16	-14	-5	-14	-2	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	10	6	3	3	9	9	4	8	7	6	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	6	10	-	-	9	9	4	8	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	2.4 NW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	6	9	6	7	8	4	-	-	3	2	-	-	7	5	-	3	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	5	5	-	9	-	3	7	3	3	-	-	4	5	9	9	6	6	7	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	22	15	0	94	0	1	102	1	1	0	0	1	9	62	79	209	163	326	61	189	68	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	high	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	2	2	2	4	5	8	2	2	1	1	0	-1	16	18	18	17	4	13	2	14	14
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	-1	-2	2	2	6	0	-2	-3	-3	-4	-6	15	17	18	17	1	13	-2	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	4	6	4	3	7	3	3	-	-	4	5	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	3	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	9	10	8	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	6	-	7	-	6	2	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	10	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	9	9	9	3	9	-	7	9
Energy(?)	0	0	22	75	16	15	135	0	0	0	0	0	1	116	116	86	130	2	89	0	102	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	3	5	2	8	8
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	-3	-1	-1	-3	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	2	0	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:58	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	10	5	5	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	4	7	3	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	10	9	9	9	3	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	-	4	5	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	6

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