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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Austin 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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 W	0.1 W	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	2.1 NW	0.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period(s) (?)	9	6	10	6	5	6	-	-	-	2	4	6	9	-	7	6	7	6	-	-	10	-
Energy(?)	57	75	51	7	1	156	0	0	0	2	6	2	8	0	422	10	154	16	0	0	2	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 0.84		12:43AM 0.98	n/a n/a		1:47AM 1.03		3:47PM 0.33	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	3:26AM 0.92		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)		6:05PM 0.16		n/a n/a	6:51PM 0.23		8:18AM 0.26		n/a n/a	9:18AM 0.23	n/a n/a	9:19PM 0.26	10:17AM 0.19	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	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	17	-4	0	2	-5	-5	-7	-10	-6	-6	-3	-1	5	-4	0	-3	-5	-3	13	-15
Low °C	13	16	15	-5	-1	0	-5	-5	-11	-11	-8	-13	-5	-1	2	-8	0	-5	-6	-3	12	-22
Chill °C (?)	13	17	16	-9	-5	-3	-13	-13	-15	-15	-10	-14	-11	-8	-1	-4	-4	-3	-11	-9	10	-21
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	6	9	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	6	-	6	-	-	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	1.8 ESE	1.8 ENE	0.9 NE	2.1 NW	0.4 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	3	3	6	4	4	3	2	4	6	6	4	7	6	7	-	-	-	6	-

	Sun	Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague 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	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.8 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 W	0.3 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	7	6	9	9	9	7	10	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Energy(?)	109	98	85	283	69	53	52	77	86	51	20	42	41	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	392	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 1.02		n/a n/a		12:35PM 0.92			n/a n/a	12:43AM 0.98	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)				n/a n/a					n/a n/a		n/a n/a	7:03AM 0.19		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	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light rain	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	17	16	5	15	14	15	16	-3	15	-5	16	17	-1	0	-3	-5	-5	-4	-5	3	-5
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	2	15	14	14	15	-6	14	-10	16	17	-6	-5	-9	-12	-11	-11	-13	3	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.2 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	6	6	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	9	11	7	5	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	7	6	6	-	4	-	-	6	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	7	4

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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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague 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	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 W	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	-	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	-	8
Energy(?)	128	126	109	288	94	60	60	97	157	72	208	74	77	511	609	720	703	712	633	499	0	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	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	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	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	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	4	18	18	17	16	6	15	6	14	14	5	5	5	3	2	1	1	12	0
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	1	18	18	17	16	2	15	3	14	14	1	1	0	-2	-3	-5	-5	10	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 W	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	8	6	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 WSW	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	2.1 SW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	-	-	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	4	-

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