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

	Fri	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30
	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	2.5 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	10	5	4	5	8	5	5	-	6	6	6	8	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	504	27	9	4	45	737	6	6	0	289	146	422	674	84	111	184	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	heavy rain	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-15	-9	-12	-11	-13	5	-14	-12	-8	-9	-8	-6	-7	-10	-4	-6	-12	-10	-13	-12	-10	-15
Low °C	-16	-11	-12	-16	-17	2	-18	-15	-9	-12	-13	-7	-16	-14	-5	-11	-17	-10	-19	-16	-11	-19
Chill °C (?)	-23	-17	-17	-20	-21	-1	-21	-17	-16	-18	-13	-13	-13	-14	-10	-12	-17	-16	-20	-16	-17	-22
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	5	4	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	0.7 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	2.5 E	-	-	1.4 NW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	4	5	8	-	-	6	6	6	6	8	5	6	6	2	2	2	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 24								Sunday 25								Monday 26
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	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	48th Street Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	6	6	10	11	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	9	9	5	5	5
Energy(?)	743	504	352	229	126	66	57	58	5	4	39	64	45	32	20	12	7	657	526	5	6	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-15	-15	-16	-15	-15	-11	-8	-7	-11	-16	-16	-16	-17	-13	-11	-13	-14	2	-2	-18	-15	-12
Chill °C (?)	-23	-21	-16	-19	-19	-11	-15	-13	-20	-26	-25	-25	-26	-21	-18	-19	-21	-3	-8	-26	-21	-17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 W	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	6	10	11	5	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	9	9	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	4	4	-	-	5	5	4	4	5	8	8	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	3	-	-	5

	Friday 23	Saturday 24
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	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	48th Street Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	957	801	743	657	584	504	47	24	34	34	23	21	21	13	12	12	11	128	126	9	9	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-15	-15	-15	-14	-15	-15	-11	-11	-24	-24	-23	-23	-24	-23	-21	-19	-17	-9	-8	-13	-12	-12
Chill °C (?)	-24	-24	-23	-21	-21	-21	-22	-22	-34	-33	-32	-31	-32	-31	-28	-25	-22	-18	-16	-18	-17	-17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

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