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

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	-	3.0 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 NW	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	2.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	9	11	10	6	-	8	7	5	9	8	10	10	8	9	8	6	5	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	462	1286	3581	16	73	0	1222	18	1	2943	844	196	108	531	58	75	20	19	53	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy snow	light rain	light snow	clear	clear	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	1	4	5	7	8	6	5	5	-2	12	-6	2	3	1	6	9	-8	-11	-4	-3	2	4
Low °C	-2	3	-1	4	8	3	4	4	-12	9	-6	-1	0	0	6	7	-9	-14	-9	-4	-2	2
Chill °C (?)	-6	-2	0	3	5	2	0	2	-10	9	-16	-5	0	-7	1	6	-16	-19	-9	-11	-5	-2
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.1 W	1.6 S	0.1 S	2.3 SSE	-	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	8	10	10	-	9	7	5	9	-	10	10	7	9	5	6	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 S	0.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	3.5 SSE	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.2 W	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	11	4	6	6	8	3	5	9	8	4	4	8	6	3	6	5	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18	Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union 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	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SE	-	-	1.3 W	2.5 N	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.2 W	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	8	8	11	11	10	9	8	6	6	6	9	-	-	5	7	7	6	6	5
Energy(?)	462	1420	1286	1029	996	3581	2762	1284	336	135	177	233	73	43	0	0	87	554	18	65	3	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	4	2	4	-	-
Temp. °C	-2	1	3	4	4	5	2	-1	-5	-5	8	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	-2	-6
Chill °C (?)	-10	-6	-4	-2	-1	0	-5	-9	-13	-11	5	7	4	2	1	2	3	4	2	0	-10	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	-	-	1.2 SW	0.5 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	7	8	7	11	9	8	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	0.3 NNW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	1.3 W	2.5 N	0.5 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	7	8	9	8	8	11	11	10	2	-	6	6	2	-	-	-	5	7	3	4	4	5

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union 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	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	98	240	462	844	1145	1420	1511	1492	1286	1177	14	30	19	14	0	0	0	0	3819	3537	2762	2074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-3	-2	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	0	1	2	1	4	2	1	0	5	3	2	1
Chill °C (?)	-10	-11	-10	-8	-8	-6	-5	-4	-4	-2	-2	-3	-1	-3	-3	-6	-6	-8	-1	-4	-5	-7
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	11	10	11	11	-	-	7	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	4	4	2	-	-	8	8	11	11	11	11

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