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

	Tue		Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	-	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	9	6	-	8	8	-	-	9	-	-
Energy(?)	147	211	130	0	188	100	151	139	0	0	181	0	84	117	0	53	83	0	0	33	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:32PM 1.18	7:46AM 1.18		8:29PM 1.29	8:27AM 1.13		9:29PM 1.48	9:42AM 1.39		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:16PM 1.07	10:34AM 0.91		11:14PM 1.12	11:20AM 0.84		11:58PM 1.07	12:24PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)		1:47AM -0.12		2:13PM -0.14	2:40AM -0.11		2:50PM -0.10	3:28AM -0.08		3:43PM -0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:07PM 0.02		4:29AM 0.06	4:39PM 0.11		5:11AM 0.12	5:05PM 0.16		6:13AM 0.21	5:51PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	9	2	14	18	20	21	1	3	12	8	21	21	3	10	11	5	5	15	-5	-4
Low °C	8	10	9	2	11	14	15	16	0	2	8	1	19	15	3	10	9	4	4	13	-7	-6
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	-1	13	18	20	21	-4	-1	12	4	21	21	-3	8	11	0	1	14	-11	-10
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	6:27	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	8	9	-	6	8	-	-	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 E	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	12	11	12	-	-	-	6	-	9	8	-	8	9	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	5	6	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	147	139	148	211	183	215	205	93	93	87	0	0	146	153	145	227	151	202	181	80	76	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:32PM 1.18				7:46AM 1.18				n/a n/a	n/a n/a			8:27AM 1.13				8:54PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34PM -0.16				1:57AM -0.13				2:31PM -0.16		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:40AM -0.11				3:00PM -0.12				3:21AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	10	11	11	11	12	9	8	8	1	0	9	14	16	18	20	21	20	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	5	8	9	9	9	11	8	6	6	-1	-4	7	13	15	18	20	21	20	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	-	-	12	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	167	147	147	143	122	139	139	83	81	90	0	0	169	228	248	183	158	215	215	151	151	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:32PM 1.18	8:11PM 1.47			n/a n/a	n/a n/a							7:46AM 1.18	8:01AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34PM -0.16										n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:57AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	1	2	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	-3	-1	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-

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