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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	-	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	12	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	227	259	136	145	262	0	0	0	72	79	0	165	65	0	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:42PM 1.14	7:57AM 1.27		8:04PM 1.09	8:20AM 1.14		8:57PM 1.22	n/a n/a		9:40PM 1.24	10:03AM 1.15		11:58PM 0.50	10:41AM 0.98		11:05PM 1.12	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35PM -0.11	1:57AM -0.07		2:23PM -0.15	2:29AM -0.08		2:49PM -0.14	3:20AM -0.09	n/a n/a	3:34PM -0.14		4:04AM -0.06	4:22PM -0.11		4:41AM -0.01	4:45PM -0.04		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	12	15	-4	1	2	9	11	2	2	-3	-2	-2	-5	-2	-5	-14	-13	-22	-17
Low °C	3	9	9	10	15	-5	-3	2	8	8	2	-5	-5	-6	-9	-9	-2	-16	-18	-17	-29	-23
Chill °C (?)	5	7	8	10	14	-11	-4	-4	6	9	-3	-4	-8	-4	-7	-8	-6	-11	-24	-22	-30	-22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	12	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	14	-	-	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSE	2.3 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.5 NNW	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	5	6	7	6	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	375	335	227	198	202	208	212	215	138	0	145	166	139	252	540	210	215	165	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.27				7:27PM 1.04			n/a n/a	7:57AM 1.27				9:50PM 0.48				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04AM -0.03				1:45PM -0.12				1:57AM -0.07	n/a n/a			2:23PM -0.15				2:29AM -0.08		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	2	3	8	10	9	10	11	10	-5	10	12	15	15	15	13	13	13	-3	1	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-1	5	8	7	8	9	8	-13	7	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	-9	-4	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	11	11	6	12	6	7	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	5	5	6	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	443	380	270	270	270	335	334	334	227	0	195	198	198	169	309	259	258	208	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:04AM 1.16			n/a n/a									n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	1:04AM -0.03									n/a n/a			1:45PM -0.12		3:37PM -0.05				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	-4	-4	-5	-5
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	-2	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1	-2	4	5	6	8	6	7	7	7	-9	-8	-11	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	3	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-

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