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 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 NW	0.3 W	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	-	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	6	5	5	8	-	11	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	10	10	4	4	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	3482	6	70	19	32	0	64	3	2	0	0	238	221	128	1685	658	42	20	11	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	heavy snow	mod. snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	-8	-3	1	6	-11	2	-5	-4	-8	-2	3	4	5	2	1	-8	-9	-11	-10	-6	-2
Low °C	-5	-13	-4	-10	6	-12	-4	-7	-7	-9	-6	2	3	3	2	-5	-9	-10	-15	-13	-9	-8
Chill °C (?)	-2	-14	-9	-4	1	-18	-4	-13	-11	-14	-8	-3	0	3	-2	-6	-19	-21	-22	-14	-11	-8
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	-	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	5	8	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	11	12	11	11	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 NW	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 N	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 E	-	-	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	5	2	4	3	4	7	7	6	6	7	-	-	10	10	4	4	3	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 24	Thursday 25	Friday 26
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.0 N	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	7	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	11	11	8
Energy(?)	167	74	66	448	105	16	70	124	56	19	8	5	0	0	124	0	0	0	1	63	56	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-11	0	-5	-5	-8	-4	-3	1	1	-5	-10	-13	-12	9	-12	-11	-10	-9	-4	-3	-5
Chill °C (?)	-12	-19	-4	-10	-9	-14	-10	-9	-4	-4	-12	-18	-22	-19	6	-19	-19	-18	-18	-11	-8	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.0 N	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	6	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.5 SE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	7

	Tuesday 23	Wednesday 24
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	5	10	10	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	3	4	4	10	9	6
Energy(?)	340	157	47	3392	3616	74	51	35	23	21	12	13	6	6	16	4	8	16	33	4	4	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	-1	4	4	3	-11	-12	-14	-15	-15	-16	-16	-16	-15	5	-11	-10	-8	-7	5	5	-4
Chill °C (?)	-5	-9	0	-2	-3	-19	-19	-20	-22	-22	-22	-22	-22	-22	0	-16	-16	-14	-13	0	0	-10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	5	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	6

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