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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	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	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	-	2.0 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	5	4	-	5	6	10	-	6	8	8	4	6	5	5	5	8	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	96	14	2	0	36	40	52	0	319	2	2	52	22	24	9	3	257	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	3	5	17	17	16	10	19	6	10	12	7	6	6	3	10	5	11	11	11	11
Low °C	2	4	1	2	15	13	12	9	13	5	5	11	6	6	3	3	10	4	5	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	2	4	3	5	16	17	16	8	19	2	7	11	5	4	4	0	7	3	10	10	10	8
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	4	-	5	6	6	-	-	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	7	7	10	-	-	8	8	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	6	4	3	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	0	0	96	30	14	6	5	2	1	0	0	58	0	0	0	40	0	0	52	45	64	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	5	6	4	3	2	3	1	2	5	15	6	8	7	14	6	6	16	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	2	1	2	4	2	3	0	0	-2	0	5	14	5	8	5	14	3	3	16	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-

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	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	9	6	5	5	9	5	5	9	4	4	4
Energy(?)	0	0	557	453	354	284	185	121	96	59	45	20	20	15	14	19	10	6	20	29	21	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	5	5	4	7	4	3	7	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	1	-3	-3	-4	-2	-1	0	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	7	5	5	4	7	4	5	8	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	3	4	4	4

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