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

	Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.1 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 S	1.7 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 S	0.9 S	-
Period(s) (?)	9	10	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	-	7	7	9	6	6	9	-	-	9	7	7	-
Energy(?)	446	182	13	254	3	4	249	0	0	0	5	262	36	116	232	29	0	0	8	255	81	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	12	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	8	0	13	1	0	16	3	3	8	16	5	23	22	16	25	8	7	27	23	24	10
Low °C	2	7	-2	12	-2	-1	14	2	3	5	10	3	23	18	15	25	7	5	27	20	20	9
Chill °C (?)	-4	7	0	11	-3	-3	15	0	-3	6	15	2	23	22	14	25	6	7	27	23	24	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	6:20	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.1 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	6	10	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	-	7	7	9	10	-	9	-	-	9	15	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	9	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	15	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 SE	2.3 SSE	-	1.8 SW	1.1 W	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	0.9 S	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 S	1.7 S	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	-	6	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	2	-

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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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	6	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	4	10	10	10
Energy(?)	327	589	446	76	134	76	282	335	240	7	1	0	1	240	516	193	4	3	4	250	239	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	2	2	4	1	0	9	9	10	1	2	1	-1	15	15	15	0	1	2	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-4	2	1	0	9	9	9	-2	-2	-3	-3	14	14	14	-3	-1	0	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	4	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.3 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	4	-	4	4	4	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	8	9	8	9	6	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	197	240	327	456	488	589	143	150	74	388	332	236	306	133	298	150	101	76	55	282	282	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	2	10	2	2	7	7	6	2	2	2	2	7	8	9	0	0	-1	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	-2	-4	-4	6	-4	-4	4	4	3	-3	-3	-2	-2	4	6	7	0	0	-1	8	9	9
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	6	9	9	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	9	9	9	5	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	9	8	9	6	9	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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