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

	Sat		Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 W	0.3 W	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.6 SW	0.9 W	0.4 W	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	4	8	6	6	6	6	-	4	6	6	3	11	5	8	9	6	8	6	12	-	7
Energy(?)	637	90	63	7	101	69	87	0	25	164	30	5	23	36	47	40	292	96	13	84	0	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:26AM 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	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		3:19PM -0.03	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	5:01PM 0.00	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	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	snow shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	6	-8	-3	-2	-2	-1	2	1	1	1	-6	5	1	6	9	1	-13	-13	5	-4	3
Low °C	-5	5	-11	-7	-6	-5	-2	0	1	0	-10	-9	4	0	6	8	-12	-14	-18	-2	-9	2
Chill °C (?)	-7	1	-13	-10	-9	-7	-4	-1	-2	-3	-6	-12	2	-2	1	7	-3	-21	-20	0	-12	0
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.9 W	0.4 W	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	6	5	6	5	-	-	-	6	5	11	5	8	9	6	8	6	12	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.0 S	-	-	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.4 S	0.5 NE	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	6	6	6	5	4	6	-	3	5	4	4	5	6	3	2	4	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	0.3 W	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	10	10	9	10	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	6	-	5	5
Energy(?)	66	3276	2216	1250	411	79	73	24	7	54	78	101	125	107	69	55	87	67	160	0	64	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		8:05AM 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
Low Tide / height (m)	2:02PM -0.03	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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	-5	-4	-5	-7	5	6	-8	-7	-8	-2	-2	-4	-5	-5	3	-1	-2	2	0	1	0
Chill °C (?)	-3	-15	-14	-15	-16	1	2	-13	-7	-14	-9	-9	-9	-8	-11	0	-4	-6	-2	-4	-2	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 W	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	11	11	10	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	10	5	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	7	10	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.4 N	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	3	4	3	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	5	5	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	0.4 ESE	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.5 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	7	7	9	10	8	8	11	11	8	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	72	444	637	1373	2757	70	44	2546	2216	1655	1587	1250	732	397	411	60	193	154	717	61	63	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:55PM 0.97	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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	0	0	-2	-4	3	3	-5	-4	-1	-4	-5	-6	5	-7	6	-9	-10	-6	-12	-11	-9
Chill °C (?)	-1	-7	-7	-11	-14	-2	-2	-15	-14	-10	-14	-15	-16	-1	-16	2	-18	-19	-14	-20	-19	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 W	0.9 NNW	1.5 W	0.4 ESE	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	6	8	8	11	11	8	11	11	10	8	10	9	9	9	-	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	7	-	7	10	7	-	6	8	11	10	-	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	-	1.7 WNW	0.5 NW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	9	10	2	2	11	11	8	10	10	-	7	3	5	3	3	8	2	-	-

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