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

	Tue		Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period(s)	10	8	6	4	4	-	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	10	10	-	4	4	6	-	-	-
Energy	234	137	19	7	1	0	105	152	84	80	62	2	32	72	81	0	2	1	40	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	4	3	3	3	3	16	14	11	14	11	2	13	13	11	4	4	4	16	4	6	8
Low °C	12	2	3	3	2	2	16	9	8	13	10	2	12	9	7	3	3	4	15	3	4	7
Chill °C (?)	10	-2	0	-1	0	-1	14	13	11	12	10	-2	11	13	9	0	0	-1	15	0	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	7:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	6	5	4	-	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	6	7	-	4	4	8	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	6	-	5	10	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	-	4	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30	Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period(s)	6	8	9	10	8	10	10	10	6	6	4	4	4	4	10	-	-	-	3	10	10	10
Energy	152	724	1204	230	336	186	186	190	19	13	7	6	3	1	177	0	0	0	2	208	127	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
Tide State	-	-	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	4	12	3	11	12	12	3	3	3	2	3	2	14	2	3	3	3	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	0	-2	-2	11	-3	10	11	11	-1	-1	-2	-2	0	-1	12	-1	-1	-2	-2	13	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	6	10	10	9	10	10	10	6	6	5	5	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	6	10	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.4 W	2.5 W	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	6	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	5	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	2

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.2 E	2.1 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.2 E	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	7	7	6	10	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	7	10	10	10
Energy	381	270	152	284	401	279	234	234	1204	1029	853	684	534	406	273	238	172	137	213	268	186	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	5	12	4	12	12	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	3	3	3	3	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	2	1	0	11	-2	10	10	10	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	10	-2	-2	-2	-1	11	11	10
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	10	7	7	6	6	6	-	6	6	8	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	1.4 SW	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	-	1.4 W	1.2 W	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	7	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	8	-	7	-	-	-

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