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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Queen Street New Jersey	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	6	-	-	-	11	6	6	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	100	382	300	230	291	132	104	189	178	0	0	0	93	140	181	385	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	-1	1	2	2	9	10	10	11	14	7	0	1	-1	11	1	-1	-1	-2	-3	-6	-6
Low °C	0	-3	1	2	1	4	9	9	10	13	5	-4	0	-4	11	1	-4	-3	-3	-7	-7	-9
Chill °C (?)	1	-4	-5	-3	-2	6	8	8	8	12	4	-6	-4	-7	8	-5	-3	-4	-6	-9	-13	-14
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	6:01	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	9	8	8	8	13	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	8	-	-	3	3	4	6	6	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15	Monday 16	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	588	169	208	512	375	381	230	233	192	248	214	211	136	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	0	-1	-2	-3	-1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	9	11	10	11	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	1	-2	-4	-6	-8	-5	-4	-4	-1	-2	0	1	-2	-2	0	6	9	8	10	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Sunday 15	Monday 16
	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	7	3	7	4	4	78	40	73	135	152	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	5	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	1	1
Chill °C (?)	-3	-1	1	1	0	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	-2	-4	-3	-5	-5	-6	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	-	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	6	6	6

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