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

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 N	1.6 NNW	0.9 SW	-	3.0 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 W	2.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	3	6	4	-	8	7	5	8	8	9	6	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	157	54	254	8	190	32	0	1270	25	49	816	737	550	206	37	1389	1000	421	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	-10	-6	-7	-8	-3	-8	-2	-5	0	4	4	-3	0	7	4	4	15	-5	-6	-2	2
Low °C	-10	-12	-13	-10	-8	-8	-12	-2	-9	-3	3	0	-3	-2	5	2	4	12	-6	-8	-10	-1
Chill °C (?)	-18	-19	-12	-14	-15	-10	-14	-9	-11	-7	-2	-2	-12	-8	4	-2	-1	13	-13	-12	-10	-3
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.1 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 S	-	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	6	-	5	-	8	7	6	8	7	6	6	7	-	8	10	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.6 N	1.6 NNW	0.9 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	3.0 S	2.4 W	2.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	7	3	6	4	-	8	-	5	8	8	9	6	4	8	8	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
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	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	164	258	157	101	54	41	31	18	12	292	77	63	1	216	162	85	53	711	803	422	534	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	-8	-10	-10	-10	-12	-13	-12	-10	-13	-12	-9	-5	-8	-7	-7	-7	-4	-5	-3	-6	-3
Chill °C (?)	-15	-18	-18	-17	-19	-22	-22	-21	-19	-20	-18	-17	-11	-13	-11	-10	-7	-13	-12	-9	-6	-9
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	1.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.3 W	-	0.7 NW	-	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	-	4	-	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	3

	Saturday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
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	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	0.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7
Energy(?)	346	384	164	260	258	258	228	190	157	597	822	1540	75	952	928	843	843	41	30	33	480	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-5	-6	-7	-7	-8	-8	-9	-10	0	1	1	-10	-5	-5	-5	-5	-12	-12	-12	-6	-12
Chill °C (?)	-14	-14	-15	-16	-16	-18	-18	-19	-18	-7	-6	-6	-19	-13	-13	-13	-13	-22	-22	-21	-12	-21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	7	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	0.5 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	8	3	8	8	8	8	3	3	3	8	3

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