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

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	-	2.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	-	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.4 SW	1.1 S	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	-	8	7	9	9	6	10	11	4	10	-	-	-	7	8	7	6	-	5	-	-
Energy(?)	1	0	480	310	429	168	13	323	248	2	209	0	0	0	528	1041	590	111	0	39	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	18	11	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	1	5	3	2	7	1	13	15	1	15	3	3	6	6	8	11	23	-5	28	-3	-8
Low °C	-4	0	3	2	2	6	-1	12	14	0	14	2	2	5	5	7	10	20	-7	26	-8	-10
Chill °C (?)	-6	-6	-1	-3	-4	5	1	11	13	-2	14	-2	-3	2	4	5	8	23	-12	28	-10	-17
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	2.0 S	-	0.3 SW	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	8	-	6	9	6	10	11	4	10	-	-	-	7	8	7	9	-	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	8	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	3.5 SSE	0.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.4 SW	1.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	3	7	9	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	7	7	7	8	7	6	-	3	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	6	4	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	7	9	9	6	6	8	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	31	43	123	0	1	0	0	0	0	480	94	93	310	545	429	89	101	72	319	344	296	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	-8	-8	0	0	0	1	3	5	5	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	-1	7	7	9	2
Chill °C (?)	-12	-14	-15	-6	-6	-7	-6	-3	-1	0	-1	-3	-3	-4	-4	2	2	-1	7	7	7	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	-	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	3	5	6	7	9	9	4	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08
	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	0.1 W	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	-	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	6	6	6	-
Energy(?)	44	67	31	0	28	43	67	85	123	143	171	220	257	300	1	43	57	0	122	130	80	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	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- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-5	-6	1	-7	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-6	-4	-2	-1	0	3	5	0	3	3	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-7	-9	-12	-4	-14	-14	-15	-15	-15	-14	-13	-10	-9	-8	-6	-2	1	-7	-2	-2	-3	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	3.0 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	8	6	6	6	8

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