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

	Sun		Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sun
	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	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	Ocean City 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	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	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	1.1 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	4	5	-	-	4	4	4	9	7	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	2	66	0	0	6	8	8	32	71	11	33	55	60	31	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-3	-1	0	0	2	2	12	12	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	-1	-3	-5	-10	-4	1
Low °C	-8	-7	-3	0	-1	0	2	11	12	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	-3	-4	-7	-16	-11	0
Chill °C (?)	-12	-8	-1	0	-4	-2	0	9	10	-1	-4	-2	-2	3	-2	-2	-6	-10	-13	-19	-9	-6
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	7	5	5	-	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.6 W	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	4	4	4	5	3	3	5	5	-	6	2	3	4	4	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 04	Monday 05	Tuesday 06	Wednesday 07
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	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	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	Ocean City 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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	-	0.5 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Energy(?)	2	0	5	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	61	8	8	7	8	6	5	8	47	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	-8	-8	-7	-5	-4	-3	-3	-1	0	0	-1	-1	7	-1	0	2	2	2	2	2	12	11
Chill °C (?)	-12	-14	-14	-12	-10	-8	-7	-1	0	-4	-6	-6	5	-5	-4	-2	0	-1	-1	-1	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	6	6	-	-	5	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3

	Sunday 04	Monday 05
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	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	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	Ocean City 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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.1 E	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11
Energy(?)	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	36	66	5	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-5	-1	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	0	1
Chill °C (?)	-12	-11	-12	-13	-14	-14	-14	-14	-14	-14	-13	-12	-5	-10	-10	-9	-9	-8	-8	-9	-3	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 NNW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	5	5	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

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