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

	Thu		Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.5 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	1.4 NNW	0.3 NW	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 W	0.4 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	8	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	2	-	9	7	9	7	6	2	-	-	-
Energy(?)	350	70	67	818	24	11	5	10	30	28	132	1	0	150	90	40	261	124	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:51PM 0.99	10:05AM 1.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:56AM 0.98		11:29PM 1.04	11:52AM 0.93	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)			4:06AM 0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:53AM 0.04	5:08PM -0.04		5:52AM 0.08	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	mod. snow	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	7	4	-14	-18	-16	-12	-11	-13	-11	-11	-10	-10	-5	-9	-3	-6	-7	-8	-11	-11	-11
Low °C	-12	0	1	-14	-24	-21	-12	-19	-17	-13	-14	-14	-10	-9	-10	-3	-12	-7	-9	-12	-12	-13
Chill °C (?)	-20	4	1	-26	-28	-22	-17	-17	-22	-18	-19	-16	-17	-13	-18	-11	-14	-14	-16	-18	-20	-20
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 W	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	-	6	6	5	4	4	5	-	-	5	9	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	2.5 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	1.4 NNW	0.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	3	4	8	2	-	-	4	5	5	6	2	6	5	3	4	7	6	2	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Energy(?)	103	82	75	101	30	66	67	63	94	10	202	377	226	116	11	9	5	10	6	10	14	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			9:51PM 0.99	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			10:05AM 1.03		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)	3:51PM -0.09			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:06AM 0.01				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	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	7	-17	-19	0	1	4	4	-15	-14	-16	-16	-16	-21	-16	-12	-12	-11	-15	-19	-19
Chill °C (?)	10	10	4	-29	-31	-4	-3	1	1	-25	-20	-23	-16	-20	-29	-22	-17	-17	-17	-25	-29	-29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	6	10	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	6	10	-	6	6	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	3	4	4	3	-	2	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	5

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7
Energy(?)	76	103	103	359	328	82	82	75	75	160	2476	1351	1226	1161	30	32	20	17	18	9	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	n/a n/a				9:51PM 0.99	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)			3:51PM -0.09	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	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	-11	-12	11	9	8	7	-15	-10	-9	-9	-10	-19	-20	-20	-21	-22	-22	-21	-20
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	-23	-24	10	7	6	4	-25	-22	-18	-18	-20	-31	-33	-33	-34	-35	-35	-33	-32
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	6	6	9	9	6	6	10	10	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	6	10	10	9	9	10	10	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	9	8	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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