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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	1.1 S	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	9	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	73	54	759	77	978	45	42	41	41	61	35	6	3	5	5	5	68	397	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	snow shwrs	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	5	0	-8	-6	-1	1	2	3	5	5	-11	-7	-6	-8	-6	-2	0	-1	-1	-5	-4
Low °C	0	3	-5	-11	-7	-2	0	2	2	4	5	-15	-8	-7	-13	-10	-2	-1	-1	-3	-7	-6
Chill °C (?)	0	2	-6	-16	-15	-8	1	2	0	5	4	-20	-15	-14	-16	-11	-9	-7	-5	-3	-11	-11
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 W	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	8	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	6	4	3	3	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.4 N	2.4 WSW	0.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.1 S	0.8 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	3	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	0.5 SE	0.9 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	10	7	7	7	6	9	8	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	278	144	76	31	54	53	60	54	480	356	284	69	77	316	412	68	1233	746	47	42	41	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	0	-1	-4	5	3	3	4	-4	-6	-7	6	-6	-7	-5	-12	-3	-4	0	1	1	-4
Chill °C (?)	-8	-7	-8	-12	2	0	0	1	-9	-11	-13	2	-12	-7	-14	-18	-12	-12	-2	1	1	-11
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 NNW	-	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	10	-	-	6	6	-	7	4	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	0.5 NW	0.9 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	1.4 W
Period (s)	7	3	3	3	4	4	3	-	7	6	7	3	7	7	7	-	9	8	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 03
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 W	3.0 WSW	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	-	7	3	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	263	269	278	260	129	117	102	71	46	83	67	38	21	1078	12	0	8	9	53	38	38	2076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	-2	-1	2	2	2	4	-5	1	-6	2	-7	-8	3	2	2	-7
Chill °C (?)	-8	-8	-8	-8	-6	-7	-8	-7	-4	-4	-4	0	-14	-6	-15	-4	-15	-16	0	-1	-1	-17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 SE	0.4 W	-	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	9	8	-	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	8	3	-	3	3	4	3	3	9

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