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

	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 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	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.6 SE	0.2 W	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	-	-	6	7	-	4	5	4	4	4	7	6	6	3	4	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	86	7	100	0	0	110	169	0	16	2	68	57	26	35	57	32	8	15	55	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	-3	6	-7	-2	3	3	2	-4	2	-6	-7	-9	-8	-7	-11	-11	-10	-9	-7	-6	-7
Low °C	-3	-6	3	-9	-6	1	-1	2	-4	-2	-7	-8	-11	-10	-8	-13	-13	-10	-11	-8	-7	-8
Chill °C (?)	-1	-10	2	-13	-7	-2	-1	-3	-9	-3	-16	-18	-20	-17	-15	-19	-22	-21	-19	-17	-16	-17
Sunrise	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	10	-	-	13	7	-	-	5	-	-	11	7	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	2.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 ENE	-	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	6	5	6	6	-	6	4	3	4	4	4	7	6	3	3	4	7	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 26	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	11	11	7	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	10
Energy(?)	0	0	60	56	199	107	0	0	0	109	149	0	0	0	0	140	116	86	146	118	106	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-10	-9	-2	-3	-3	2	-2	-5	-7	6	6	-7	-6	-2	-2	1	-1	-2	0	-1	0	2
Chill °C (?)	-18	-18	-9	-8	-7	0	-7	-11	-13	3	3	-12	-11	-7	-8	-4	-6	-5	-4	-4	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	10	10	7	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	13	7	7	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	3	6	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	6	12	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	0.7 N	0.5 N	1.1 NE	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25	Friday 26
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	10	10	11	10	7	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	7	7	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	0	0	58	80	83	125	1	2	2	123	176	7	7	8	7	197	198	78	141	141	154	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-10	4	3	1	2	-9	-8	-8	-1	-1	-6	-6	-6	-6	-2	-1	1	3	4	4	5
Chill °C (?)	-19	-18	-1	-3	-5	-4	-18	-17	-17	-8	-6	-15	-15	-15	-15	-6	-4	-2	0	0	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	11	10	7	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.1 N	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	5	8	8	8	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

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