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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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
Rating	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.9 E	1.3 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	220	207	228	412	212	304	361	669	314	898	669	417	189	173	274	147	129	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		8:43PM	10:21AM	7:29PM	9:35PM	9:59AM		9:46PM	10:09AM		11:11PM	11:33AM		12:02AM	12:24PM
Low Tide / height (m)	2:00AM	n/a n/a	2:24PM	3:17AM		3:01PM	3:29AM		4:03PM	4:00AM		6:44PM	5:00AM		5:54PM		5:48AM	6:52PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	19	16	17	16	18	20	18	19	22	20	19	19	18	18	19
Low °C	19	19	20	18	15	16	15	15	20	18	18	21	19	18	19	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	19	14	16	15	17	20	17	19	22	20	19	19	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.3 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	11	13	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	12	6	13	11	7	6	-	11	10	-	12	-	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	-	1.9 E	1.3 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.1 E	-	1.0 E	1.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	10	10	10	9	10	-	9	9	-	-	-

	Thursday 28	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating	1	0	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	-	1.8 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	450	0	471	220	355	328	207	223	228	265	393	412	202	258	212	279	304	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a				7:52AM 1.37	8:26AM 1.78				8:09PM 1.34				9:12AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a			3:47AM -0.07				2:24PM -0.14				2:45AM -0.16				3:16PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	18	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	18	16	15	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	17	14	13	14	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 SE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.5 E
Period (s)	15	-	15	9	9	9	8	13	8	8	9	9	9	6	11	11	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	6	6	6	6	13	13	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	-	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	8	8	9

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