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 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	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	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 W	-	0.6 N	4.0 NNW	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	-	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	2.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	-	3	10	-	-	5	6	6	5	-	7	8	7	3	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	235	167	15	0	7	3429	0	0	58	74	29	10	0	220	113	621	2	30	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	2	-14	-14	-4	-14	-9	-4	-3	-2	-3	-9	8	7	-5	-16	-20	-19	-17	-19	-14
Low °C	2	2	-14	-15	-15	-6	-19	-12	-8	-3	-3	-7	-9	7	-1	-5	-17	-23	-22	-18	-20	-17
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-4	-25	-25	-13	-18	-14	-10	-8	-6	-7	-17	4	4	-14	-25	-30	-28	-27	-30	-22
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.0 S	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	5	-	10	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 NNE	0.6 N	4.0 NNW	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.5 S	0.4 WNW	2.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	3	10	-	-	5	6	5	4	3	7	2	7	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	-	-	3	3	-	5	5	-	8	8	-	3
Energy(?)	44	20	235	272	167	82	58	15	6	2	0	0	7	7	0	1	1	0	781	646	0	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	-6	-12	-14	-15	-14	-14	-15	-16	-18	-20	-21	-6	-5	-12	-9
Chill °C (?)	-5	-5	-4	-3	-4	-4	-4	-14	-23	-26	-27	-25	-25	-26	-27	-28	-30	-30	-11	-5	-12	-14
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	6	6	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 NNW	1.0 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	5	6	7	4	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	-	-	8	8	-	3

	Tuesday 13
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	45	48	44	55	65	20	12	207	235	280	293	272	240	235	167	124	96	82	200	141	58	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	6	2	1
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	0	2	-4	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	5	7	5	7	7	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.6 NNW	0.8 N
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	4	4	5	6	6	6	3	4

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