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

	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 NW	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.6 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.7 ENE	-
Period(s) (?)	4	6	5	6	3	6	6	8	7	6	6	4	10	6	10	10	6	3	-	-	6	-
Energy(?)	5	157	6	1	1	3	31	31	176	119	65	10	24	33	61	66	162	2	0	0	163	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	7:31PM 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	8:41AM 1.11	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)		n/a n/a	1:34AM -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	3:51PM -0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:08PM -0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	mod. snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-4	-6	-15	-13	-17	-12	-1	-7	-8	-5	-4	7	-11	2	1	-11	-26	-18	-15	2	-16
Low °C	-9	-6	-12	-15	-13	-22	-20	-2	-8	-9	-6	-13	4	-12	-4	-3	-11	-27	-22	-16	-1	-20
Chill °C (?)	-12	-10	-12	-26	-23	-27	-16	-7	-16	-16	-12	-12	3	-21	-4	-5	-20	-38	-27	-24	-3	-25
Sunrise	8:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	-	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	8	-	7	5	5	10	6	10	10	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	6	-	-	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	1.2 E	0.9 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 NW	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 N	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	6	5	4	3	-	-	4	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	6	3	-	-	6	-

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	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 W	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	8	-	7	-	5	6	6	6	6	8	6	-	3	8	6	6	10	9	6	9	7	7
Energy(?)	67	0	46	0	55	192	164	209	294	55	1	0	1	60	2	3	1580	1149	31	54	94	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	7:07AM 1.23	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	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		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		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	-14	6	-8	-8	-9	-8	-7	-7	-3	-15	-15	-13	4	-17	-21	-14	-15	-20	-1	-8	-7
Chill °C (?)	5	-20	6	-12	-12	-14	-13	-10	-7	-8	-26	-26	-23	-1	-27	-31	-21	-19	-28	-6	-18	-17
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	7	-	6	6	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	6	6	10	10	6	8	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	1.1 SW	0.3 N	-	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.5 NW	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	5	6	6	6	6	3	4	3	3	5	2	-	10	9	-	3	7	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	-	0.7 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	-	8	-	4	4	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	6	5	8	5	5
Energy(?)	67	0	67	0	4	4	603	490	621	80	0	0	0	51	0	0	151	138	4	59	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		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		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		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		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	-13	6	-13	-9	-9	-5	-5	-4	5	-9	-8	-7	1	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-2	-6	-6
Chill °C (?)	3	-18	5	-18	-14	-14	-14	-13	-11	3	-13	-12	-12	-5	-12	-12	-10	-9	-12	-9	-12	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	0.7 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	4	4	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	6	5	8	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	3	3	7	7	8	-	4	4	4	3	4	4	7	6	4	4	4	5

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