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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 S	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	-
Period(s)	4	6	6	6	-	-	4	10	6	4	-	-	6	6	8	8	5	5	7	8	7	-
Energy	1	117	36	52	0	0	4	22	123	1	0	0	30	185	38	28	73	134	217	263	138	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	1	-	8	4	2	1	18	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	4	10	11	11	8	6	6	17	16	6	8	6	9	12	16	17	8	21	24	25	23	5
Low °C	3	9	10	10	6	6	4	16	14	5	6	4	6	9	13	12	7	19	19	25	20	5
Chill °C (?)	1	7	10	9	5	1	3	15	15	3	6	5	6	9	15	16	6	21	24	25	23	3
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.6 SE	0.2 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 E	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	8	6	6	-	5	4	7	7	4	-	-	6	7	8	8	-	8	9	8	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	12	8	11	-	3	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	9	-	19	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 N	1.4 SSE	0.3 NE	0.4 N	1.4 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	6	2	3	6	6	-	-	3	6	6	3	2	5	5	7	8	-	-

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE	-	0.5 E	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 N	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 NNW
Period(s)	7	7	5	5	4	4	3	6	6	6	-	11	5	-	8	-	7	-	2	5	4	2
Energy	109	120	9	4	1	3	3	47	77	65	0	53	66	0	40	0	1	0	1	7	4	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	low	low	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	high	mid-ebb	-	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	5:35AM 0.44		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	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)	9:04PM 0.28	11:06PM 0.13	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:08PM 0.21		n/a n/a			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	20	18	1	3	4	4	4	10	10	10	2	10	13	8	16	6	6	6	6	6	4	5
Chill °C (?)	20	18	-2	2	1	0	1	8	10	8	-1	8	12	5	16	1	1	3	4	3	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	-	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	5	5	4	-	-	8	6	6	-	6	7	-	8	-	6	5	5	5	4	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.2 E	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	8	-	8	11	-	11	-	7	3	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	1.4 SSE	-	1.2 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	4	3	6	-	-	-	2	5	6	-	6	-	2	2	3	3	2

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 W	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 W	0.9 ENE	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period(s)	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	7	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Energy	124	93	21	22	45	23	15	49	86	76	8	105	51	2	80	1	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:23AM 1.05			n/a n/a			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	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	10:26AM 0.16	n/a n/a	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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	2	2	2	2	2	16	15	14	2	12	11	4	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	22	22	-2	-2	-1	0	0	15	14	12	0	9	7	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 W	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 W	0.5 SE	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	7	4	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	9	-	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.5 S	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	6	-	-	2	3	3	-	4	4	-	5	-	4	4	3	3	3	3

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