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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias 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
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.9 S	0.6 SW	1.0 N	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.1 W	1.9 N	0.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	6	6	4	11	-	-	-	5	5	7	3	6	3	6	7	9	8	8	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	281	39	34	12	0	0	0	60	1	332	3	230	2	201	440	584	345	303	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	2	1	3	-	-
High °C	9	6	7	4	17	2	3	-1	18	-1	1	1	1	3	6	5	7	6	4	4	2	2
Low °C	8	4	7	2	16	-1	2	-3	16	-1	0	-1	1	0	5	4	6	5	4	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	5	2	4	-1	16	-2	-2	-7	18	-6	-5	-3	-4	-3	0	0	2	0	-2	-2	-4	-5
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	4:37	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	5	11	-	-	-	-	5	8	5	-	-	-	-	6	9	10	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 S	0.6 WNW	1.0 N	1.5 S	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.5 N	1.9 N	0.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	4	6	-	-	-	5	3	7	3	6	3	6	7	9	8	8	-	-	-

	Thursday 06	Friday 07	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 S	-	-	2.0 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 N	0.9 N	-	0.3 N	1.6 N	1.5 NW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	4	5	-	-	8	6	6	4	4	-	2	8	7	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	34	24	68	0	0	446	39	26	34	22	0	1	287	218	75	65	0	41	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	11	5	5	7	7	4	2	-1	-2	7	3	17	19	3	17	-1	-2	-2	-3
Chill °C (?)	3	3	2	10	0	0	4	3	-1	-4	-7	-7	4	0	16	19	-2	17	-7	-7	-7	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	2.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	-	8	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 S	-	2.4 SSE	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	1.6 N	1.5 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	4	5	-	7	-	4	3	4	4	3	2	8	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Thursday 06	Friday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.2 W	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.3 S	0.2 ESE	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	5	11	11	8	11	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	27	26	34	0	34	24	29	47	68	116	2	281	968	105	13	13	593	13	305	221	39	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	4	12	6	12	13	5	12	6	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	5	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	-1	8	2	11	12	0	10	2	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	11	11	-	11	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	-	-	2.3 S	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	5	-	-	8	-	4	4	4	3

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