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

	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.1 SW	1.5 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	7	5	4	6	5	6	10	-	-	8	8	4	6	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	641	79	18	49	16	40	41	50	0	0	130	82	1	170	55	48	43	30	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	5	4	9	15	19	15	17	7	18	11	13	6	11	9	8	10	9	12	10	11	13
Low °C	1	2	3	7	11	17	12	13	7	15	10	11	4	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	-4	2	2	5	13	19	15	17	4	18	9	12	4	8	8	6	10	8	12	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	5	7	6	5	6	6	-	-	8	8	5	-	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	8	8	7	7	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	5	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	-	0.5 W	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	0.3 E	1.5 NNW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	5	4	6	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	-	2.2 S	-	2.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	4	-	7	-	8	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	5	6	5	-	-	6	6	6
Energy(?)	12	0	440	0	453	0	79	31	18	10	5	3	1	0	40	63	41	0	0	53	46	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	12	17	15	11	8	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	-2	-4	-6	1	-4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	-1	0	10	17	15	11	6	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	5	6	5	-	-	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSE	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 20	Tuesday 21
	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	7	7	4	5	5
Energy(?)	8	9	12	0	0	0	0	247	440	569	691	641	658	560	11	26	26	220	134	37	30	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	1	1	7	3	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	5	7	6	2	3	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	3	-3	3	-4	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-4	-4	1	4	3	-2	-1	4	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	7	4	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	7	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 S	-	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	4	-	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	-	4	5	5

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