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

	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	3.0 WSW	0.3 WNW	2.2 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	8	8	7	5	10	10	10	10	6	8	6	10	5	5	6	10	11	-	-
Energy(?)	526	16	69	162	195	55	68	54	71	95	1791	10	531	8	69	71	56	33	52	44	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 1.02	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	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16AM -0.02	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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-5	-17	-8	-7	-7	-7	-6	7	9	9	-7	-17	-12	-18	-10	-12	-14	-13	-6	-6	-10	-8
Low °C	-11	-21	-13	-7	-8	-8	-6	4	5	9	-15	-20	-13	-25	-11	-14	-17	-15	-6	-8	-10	-9
Chill °C (?)	-13	-27	-18	-17	-16	-15	-13	3	7	7	-16	-28	-21	-29	-17	-16	-19	-23	-14	-13	-17	-12
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	9	7	7	6	10	10	6	10	6	-	6	10	-	-	6	10	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	0.6 N	0.2 NNE	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	2.2 NW	0.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	2	8	8	4	5	5	4	4	10	3	8	2	4	5	5	4	5	4	-	-

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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	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
Rating	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 N	1.3 WNW	2.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	4	6	10	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	4	10
Energy(?)	68	52	26	128	1580	23	69	330	162	216	196	195	116	97	55	79	68	55	47	40	18	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	2:16PM -0.07		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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	-17	-20	-14	-19	-13	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-7	-6	-6	-5	-5	-6	4
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-27	-28	-22	-28	-18	-18	-17	-17	-16	-17	-16	-17	-16	-15	-13	-14	-13	-14	-14	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	1.8 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	10	7	7	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 N	1.3 WNW	2.3 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	-	-	0.6 SE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	6	10	2	2	8	8	7	8	8	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	6	4	4

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	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	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
Rating	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 NNW	2.5 W	4.0 SW	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	3	7	10	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	71	69	1	672	3893	4	11	17	26	25	20	16	16	17	16	17	24	23	23	51	69	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15PM -0.10	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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	-13	-6	-7	-14	-14	-15	-17	-19	-20	-21	-21	-22	-21	-20	-20	-19	-18	-16	-13	-5
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	-23	-14	-16	-24	-23	-24	-27	-29	-29	-31	-30	-31	-30	-28	-28	-28	-26	-21	-18	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 NNW	2.5 W	4.0 SW	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	10	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	-	-	2	4

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