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

	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	2.5 S	1.1 S	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	1.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 E	1.8 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	5	-	-	8	7	6	5	8	6	9	10	6	7	8	8	7	8	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	21	7	0	0	828	143	36	5	11	45	31	60	148	2	2	32	297	288	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	glass	off	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	8	-1	-1	3	3	3	3	1	16	18	18	14	21	9	12	8	6	5	4	8	6	10
Low °C	7	-3	-2	1	1	3	2	0	12	14	14	12	18	9	9	8	4	3	4	5	4	6
Chill °C (?)	3	-7	-4	-1	-2	0	0	1	15	18	18	13	21	6	9	5	3	4	2	7	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	6:05	-	6:39	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.1 W	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	8	7	6	5	8	6	6	10	-	7	8	8	5	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	7	9	6	-	7	-	6	5	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	0.6 W	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.5 E	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	8	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	8	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20	Tuesday 21	Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	2.2 S	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	6	6	7	5	6	-	2	4	-	7	-	-	8	7	6	6	6	5	5
Energy(?)	187	111	73	45	20	44	3	51	0	3	10	0	430	0	0	344	143	44	36	32	9	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	9	-3	0	-1	0	1	2	1	6	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	1
Chill °C (?)	-9	-9	-9	-7	-6	9	-3	-2	-4	-2	-1	-4	-5	2	1	0	0	0	-1	1	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	-	7	6	6	7	5	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	6	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	5	-	5	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	2.2 S	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	2	4	-	-	-	2	4	5	7	-	-	5	-	6	6	5	-	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSE	1.0 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	281	234	187	148	143	43	102	684	73	58	56	45	37	0	0	16	10	7	7	4	3	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-2	-3	-2	-2	-2	8	-2	-1	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	3	3	-1	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-8	-10	-9	-9	-9	3	-9	-8	-9	-7	-7	-7	-7	0	0	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-3	-3
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	6	-	8	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	6	6	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

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