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

	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 W	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	5	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	45	44	145	159	98	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	306	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:06PM 1.03	n/a n/a	5:07AM 1.48	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:26PM 1.21		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	10:57AM 0.14		n/a n/a	11:23AM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		1:42AM -0.05	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	-3	-4	-3	-2	-2	-1	1	1	1	11	2	1	2	-2	-8	-4	19	-10	-2	-1	0
Low °C	-15	-7	-12	-10	-2	-6	-8	1	-1	-1	10	1	1	-1	-6	-9	-5	8	-16	-6	-7	-6
Chill °C (?)	-17	-10	-12	-9	-9	-8	-3	1	-1	0	10	-2	-5	-2	-8	-15	-4	18	-13	-2	-4	-6
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	6	6	6	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 NE	0.5 N	0.9 NNE	1.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	7	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Naval Jetties Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	-	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3
Energy(?)	95	364	0	53	45	74	21	44	70	80	145	120	159	96	48	98	62	31	11	6	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	4:25AM 1.34		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	-10	8	-3	-4	-6	-10	-12	-10	-3	-2	-2	7	7	-3	-6	-8	-1	1	1	1
Chill °C (?)	19	18	-17	5	-10	-12	-13	-15	-16	-15	-9	-9	-7	6	6	-8	-10	-12	-3	1	1	-1
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 W	-	1.0 W	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	-	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.2 N	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	10	-	5	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.7 S	-	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	4	7	-	3	5	6	2	3	2	2	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 27																					Sat
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Naval Jetties Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	95	149	0	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	78	78	61	71	74	65	33	21	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:19AM 1.18	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:51PM 0.94		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	-16	19	-17	-15	-12	-11	-10	-9	-8	-7	-6	7	6	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-6	-8
Chill °C (?)	18	18	-22	18	-23	-21	-17	-17	-17	-16	-14	-13	-12	4	2	-12	-11	-12	-13	-13	-13	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.1 E	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	5	5	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.3 S	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	4	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	3	2	3

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