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 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	4	3	3	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 S	1.0 W	0.8 N	2.4 WNW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.4 W	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	6	-	6	7	8	-	4	7	4	7	11	6	9	8	7	6	-	10	6
Energy(?)	0	0	2	5	0	209	489	75	0	25	113	19	513	3919	12	2240	996	423	13	0	43	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-13	-8	-4	-3	-2	8	9	6	-11	-10	-11	-16	-8	-9	-19	-9	-12	-12	-10	-9	4	6
Low °C	-14	-12	-6	-3	-3	8	8	1	-14	-10	-16	-17	-10	-15	-22	-10	-15	-16	-10	-12	4	5
Chill °C (?)	-13	-17	-12	-10	-2	3	6	3	-11	-13	-17	-26	-16	-18	-26	-18	-21	-12	-17	-15	-2	4
Sunrise	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 ESE	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 W	1.0 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 W	-	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	-	10	7	8	-	4	7	6	8	11	6	-	-	7	6	-	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	5	-	-	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	2.4 WNW	4.0 SW	-	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.4 NW	-	0.6 WSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	5	6	7	-	-	4	3	4	7	11	-	9	8	7	2	-	4	6

	Thursday 15	Friday 16	Saturday 17	Sunday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	1.1 NE	-	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	5	-	7	7	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	4	3	1	1	0	51	0	177	137	127	110	87	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-13	-14	-12	-12	-3	-8	-6	-4	-3	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-2	-3	9	8	8	7	6	4
Chill °C (?)	-13	-20	-19	-20	-7	-17	-14	-12	-10	-9	-10	-11	-10	-9	-4	-3	6	6	6	6	5	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	-	4	-	9	7	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.4 S	-	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	6	-	7	7	6	6	4	4	3	3	3	5	3	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15	Friday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	190	229	0	1	24	30	30	22	22	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-14	-13	-13	-13	-5	-14	-14	-13	-12	-12	-12	-12	-11	-11	-7	-9	-3	-5	-5	-4	-3	-2
Chill °C (?)	-14	-13	-13	-17	-14	-20	-21	-20	-19	-20	-20	-20	-19	-19	-14	-18	-11	-13	-13	-11	-10	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4

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