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

	Tue	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach 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	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	173	99	242	225	318	126	241	12	2	0	0	0	247	149	120	57	31	6	2	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	6	7	9	8	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	5	4
Low °C	3	5	6	5	5	2	5	3	5	5	8	6	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	4	5	3
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	-1	1	1	4	2	3	3	6	3	-2	-4	-4	-4	-2	0	0	-1	0	-1
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:40	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	-	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	10	10	9	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	5	-	7	6	5	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	-	2	6	8	8	7	7	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 12	Thursday 13	Friday 14
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	6	6	6
Energy(?)	112	173	199	120	99	169	242	104	74	225	214	204	318	337	355	476	57	54	63	96	52	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	13	11	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	2	-1	4	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	11	8	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	-2	-5	2	3	5	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	-	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	8	-	10	10	6	10	10	9	9	-	7	8	-	6	7	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	-	6	6	-

	Tuesday 11	Wednesday 12
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	246	163	112	86	130	173	305	3	3	147	143	120	117	102	99	128	446	492	204	1082	1164	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	0	2	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	5	5	-	-	8	8	7	-	8	10	-	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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