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

	Fri		Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.1 SW	1.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.3 ESE	1.2 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	4	10	10	-	-	7	6	6	5	5	7	7	5	-	9	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	252	3	143	139	0	0	2	127	44	60	103	391	310	35	0	16	108	75	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:23PM 0.81	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:05PM 0.40		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		5:32AM 1.07	7:47PM 0.49		6:58AM 1.48	7:22PM 1.57	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	10:35AM 0.17		11:28PM 0.21	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:43PM 0.13	11:55AM 0.02		12:34AM 0.03	12:52PM -0.05		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	5	1	-	14	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1
High °C	13	1	12	15	2	3	4	7	4	22	11	7	6	25	4	26	25	21	13	12	4	3
Low °C	11	-2	10	13	1	3	3	5	2	20	6	5	4	21	2	25	21	21	9	6	4	1
Chill °C (?)	11	-3	9	14	-1	-3	-1	4	1	22	9	6	4	25	2	26	25	21	10	9	3	-1
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:44	-	-	7:36	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.1 SW	1.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.1 N	-	0.6 S	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	10	10	-	-	7	6	6	9	-	6	-	5	-	9	8	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	0.6 W	0.8 S	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	7	7	-	5	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	6	4	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.1 ESE	-	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	7	7	8	-	6
Energy(?)	339	7	1	0	1	250	516	197	5	5	139	230	273	105	94	92	0	1	2	157	0	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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		4:24AM 0.42		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:10PM 1.01				4:29AM 1.33		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)	8:29AM 0.24	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a							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	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	9	1	1	1	0	14	15	15	0	1	15	15	13	11	9	8	3	3	4	11	6	7
Chill °C (?)	9	-2	-3	-3	-3	12	14	14	-4	-1	14	15	13	9	7	6	-3	-3	-1	8	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.1 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	7	7	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	3	3	-	2	3	-	7	7	7	8	-	-

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	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	11	10	4	4	5	-	5	5
Energy(?)	342	12	7	7	7	240	400	211	1	2	205	359	440	220	227	224	3	3	4	0	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross
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
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29AM 0.24	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a							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	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	0	1	1	1	11	12	12	1	1	13	13	14	14	14	14	-1	-1	-1	1	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	7	0	0	-1	-1	9	11	10	-3	-4	10	11	12	12	12	12	-3	-1	-1	-3	-5	-6
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	11	10	4	4	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	6	-	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-

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