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

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			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	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Long Point Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	0.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	5	3	7	5	6	5	4	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	256	19	170	1	6	27	4	178	90	25	15	64	47	588	357	6	304	2	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 1.60		11:58PM 1.20		1:21PM 0.47	12:35AM 1.06	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42PM -0.04		7:19AM 0.04			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	-1	2	-8	-6	-6	-4	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-8	-3	-5	-14	-5	-3	-4	-4	-5	-1
Low °C	1	-1	1	-9	-7	-8	-6	-2	-2	-1	-1	-7	-8	-3	-11	-16	-5	-12	-5	-4	-6	-3
Chill °C (?)	1	-5	-3	-16	-14	-14	-10	-9	-5	-5	-6	-8	-17	-10	-12	-24	-12	-10	-12	-11	-12	-7
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	5	-	7	5	-	-	-	5	7	7	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	1.5 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	2.3 WNW	1.9 W	-	1.9 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	3	3	3	2	6	5	4	5	3	3	7	7	-	7	2	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09							Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Queen Street New Jersey	Stockton New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	3	3	4	7	7	6	6	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	68	77	57	240	202	68	7	7	101	73	68	3	6	16	49	27	10	4	4	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)				12:24PM 0.51			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35AM 0.02				5:22PM -0.05	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-4	-3	2	3	2	-3	-3	1	1	1	-8	-6	-7	-8	-8	-7	-6	-6	-4	-3	-4
Chill °C (?)	-10	-10	-6	1	0	-3	-6	-7	-1	-3	-5	-16	-14	-16	-16	-16	-15	-14	-13	-10	-9	-10
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	-	2	-	2	6	4	4	3	3	4	7	3	3	2	2	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09
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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Queen Street New Jersey	Stockton New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	69	71	68	402	369	424	230	147	635	710	760	41	35	25	19	23	22	15	15	15	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-4	-4	-1	-1	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-11	-11	-10	-8	-7	-7	-11	-11	-12	-12	-12	-9	-8	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-5	-6	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	15	8	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	8	8	8	5	4	7	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-

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