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

	Sat	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27
	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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.7 W	0.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.8 S	-	0.9 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	4	8	6	5	6	6	-	4	10	6	3	5	5	8	9	6	11	6	12	-	7	8
Energy(?)	90	63	13	34	67	245	0	24	18	30	5	9	36	48	40	292	133	13	84	0	123	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	snow shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	-9	-3	-7	-2	2	2	1	8	-1	-7	6	-2	8	12	0	14	-15	4	-7	1	5
Low °C	5	-11	-7	-7	-5	2	0	1	7	-13	-10	5	-4	6	10	-13	14	-20	-5	-12	0	2
Chill °C (?)	1	-13	-10	-14	-6	-2	-2	-2	7	-8	-13	3	-6	4	11	-4	12	-24	-2	-15	-3	3
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.7 W	0.3 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 W	0.2 W	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	6	-	6	-	-	-	10	6	5	5	5	8	9	6	11	6	12	-	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	-	-	13	-	7	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 N	0.9 N	-	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	4	-	6	5	6	6	5	4	6	-	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	2	4	-	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 21	Monday 22	Tuesday 23
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.2 W	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.9 W	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	10	7	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	2216	1250	411	79	73	24	13	34	78	101	70	142	90	237	87	67	2	144	72	66	273	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-5	-8	5	7	-9	-7	-3	-2	-2	-5	-5	-4	2	-1	-4	-5	2	1	1	1	4
Chill °C (?)	-14	-15	-18	1	3	-13	-7	-10	-8	-8	-5	-7	-6	-2	-4	-8	-10	-1	-1	-3	-4	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 W	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	5	5	7	6	6	6	5	-	6	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	4	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	10	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.9 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	3	4	3	-	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	4

	Saturday 20	Sunday 21
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 S	1.0 S	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	4	10	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	11
Energy(?)	3057	2546	2216	139	90	1250	732	1140	411	295	946	858	1181	567	63	41	25	177	174	135	146	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-5	-4	6	6	-5	-7	-7	-8	-8	-3	-3	-3	-6	-11	-10	-10	-4	-7	-7	-4	4
Chill °C (?)	-15	-15	-14	1	1	-15	-17	-16	-18	-18	-12	-12	-12	-14	-18	-16	-15	-10	-15	-15	-11	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 NW	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	11	9	8	11	10	10	10	9	-	9	-	-	8	7	7	-	8	8	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	11	7	-	8	10	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 S	1.0 S	2.2 W	-	1.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	4	10	-	9	3	3	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	4

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