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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SE	-	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	14	12	4	4	5	-	11	10	10
Energy(?)	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2770	0	1522	1295	11	13	15	0	110	100	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1
High °C	15	26	20	18	21	19	16	17	17	18	20	23	19	22	23	20	22	20	16	25	25	25
Low °C	10	25	13	14	19	15	16	17	16	16	19	21	17	22	22	19	20	17	16	23	24	23
Chill °C (?)	14	26	20	18	21	19	15	17	17	18	20	23	19	22	23	20	22	20	14	25	25	25
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SE	-	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	14	12	-	4	5	-	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	4	3	3	5	6	4	3	2	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	4	4	5	-	4	5	4

	Sat	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	76	0	44	105	0	0	0	0	78	152	237	170	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1
Temp. °C	19	17	24	10	15	20	20	26	16	24	24	14	18	20	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	24	7	14	20	20	26	15	24	24	13	18	20	20	18	18	17	17	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	7	4	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 N	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	2	4	-	4	4	4	3	6	-	4	-	4	5	5	4	5	7	7	6	3	3	3

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	35	0	0	0	0	356	290	241	207	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	24	18	18	17	15	22	12	23	23	10	11	13	15	18	19	19	19	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	24	18	18	16	13	22	10	23	23	7	8	11	14	17	19	19	18	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	3	3	3

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