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 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26
	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	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	3.0 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 NW	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 E	1.6 S	1.4 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	9	8	6	5	7	7	-	6	6	7	-	5	5	10	6	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	284	86	1098	64	60	8	74	180	149	0	133	201	312	0	48	34	19	196	282	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	5	1	0	6	-8	-2	-2	-1	1	2	2	1	-2	0	2	2	5	3	5	-7	-10	-11
Low °C	-3	-3	-4	5	-11	-7	-5	-5	0	1	1	1	-4	-2	1	2	3	3	4	-9	-12	-15
Chill °C (?)	0	-2	-8	1	-14	-9	-9	-6	-3	-3	2	1	-8	-6	-4	-3	0	-2	0	-17	-19	-18
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	7	9	8	6	-	7	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 N	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 NW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	8	4	-	-	5	7	7	5	6	6	7	3	5	5	4	6	7	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 20	Sunday 21	Monday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	6	-	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	10	12	6	5	5	5	6	-	7	10
Energy(?)	68	0	111	165	119	97	83	3086	1862	1104	404	51	120	104	8	77	24	74	160	0	180	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	-12	-2	-2	-2	2	3	-4	-4	-4	-7	5	7	9	-7	-8	-2	-2	-2	-1	-5	2
Chill °C (?)	-12	-19	-8	-7	-6	0	-1	-14	-13	-14	-16	1	4	6	-7	-14	-9	-8	-7	-5	-11	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	10	9	9	9	9	7	10	11	9	5	5	12	6	7	6	-	-	-	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	5	4	9	-	9	7	6	9	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	11	11	10	4	4	4	3	-	5	5	5	6	-	7	4

	Friday 19	Saturday 20
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	-	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	3.0 WSW	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	8	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	-	8	8
Energy(?)	145	0	222	352	320	284	167	0	0	822	1273	116	119	68	1680	367	837	786	631	0	1098	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-14	6	4	0	-1	-3	-10	-8	-6	-5	-3	-3	-2	-3	-3	-1	0	0	-9	0	2
Chill °C (?)	-7	-21	1	-2	-7	-8	-11	-18	-17	-15	-14	-9	-7	-7	-12	-11	-8	-7	-7	-21	-8	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	-	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	5	8	8	8	-	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 NW	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	4	4	3	9	6	8	8	8	-	8	-

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