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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	5	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	4.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	4	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	9	6	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	334	131	9	2	14	45	94	68	37	11	2	0	0	0	188	128	3536	72	53	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	-	6	3	5	-	-	-
High °C	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	8	8	6	6	5	5	13	6	17	16	4	2	0
Low °C	5	4	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	4	12	6	16	15	4	0	0
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	-2	0	-1	0	-1	0	2	5	5	3	3	1	1	13	2	16	15	1	-3	-7
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:52	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	6	4	-	6	-	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	9	6	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	4.5 W	0.6 SW	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	2	-	4	5	7	6	5	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	9	4	2	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	1.2 NW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	3	4	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	334	164	131	51	14	9	109	3	2	1	14	44	72	45	68	94	94	75	68	38	36	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-2	1	0	2	0	-1	-2	-1	0	0	-1	-1	0	0	1	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	6	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	5	6	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	5	-	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	-	6	3	2	2	6	-	-	3	4	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	-	-	5

	Friday 21	Saturday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Energy(?)	184	235	334	227	201	164	132	149	131	70	96	51	23	21	14	13	14	9	7	7	3	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-

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