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 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bayfield Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Out Front Virginia	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	2.5 W	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	6	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	5	-	4	-	-	6	9
Energy(?)	25	643	50	13	94	157	84	78	38	85	60	48	42	233	287	79	0	55	0	0	40	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 1.02	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05PM -0.09	2:16AM -0.02	n/a n/a	3:34PM -0.06	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:36PM -0.10	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	clear	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. snow	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	-5	2	-8	-7	-7	-7	-6	5	9	10	7	3	-12	-12	-9	-10	-7	-17	-14	-7	-6
Low °C	-1	-10	-6	-17	-7	-7	-8	-6	4	5	9	1	2	-13	-14	-10	-11	-10	-21	-15	-10	-9
Chill °C (?)	-4	-12	-4	-17	-17	-16	-14	-13	0	6	8	5	0	-21	-20	-16	-16	-13	-22	-18	-15	-12
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	6	-	7	7	6	10	5	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	2.5 W	0.7 WNW	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 NNE	1.3 NW	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	7	3	-	7	7	6	6	5	3	5	-	3	6	7	5	6	4	-	-	-	-

	Monday 19							Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNW	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	3	9	6	6	6	6	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	6	6	5
Energy(?)	41	42	43	3	54	2	9	130	12	815	50	62	94	140	150	157	94	127	84	98	78	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			7:43AM 1.25	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:38AM 1.19	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM -0.01			n/a n/a	2:59PM -0.03	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-3	-3	-1	-16	4	-14	-17	-18	-21	-16	-5	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-5	-7	-8	-7	-6	-6
Chill °C (?)	-9	-8	-7	-27	-1	-24	-27	-26	-30	-24	-11	-17	-17	-17	-16	-17	-10	-15	-16	-14	-13	-13
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	9	6	6	8	6	9	8	6	-	8	8	7	-	7	7	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 W	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	4	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	7	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.3 WNW	-	2.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	6	-	9	3	5	7	7	7	7	5	-	6	6	6	6

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.9 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	3.0 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	4	5	7	6	6	6	-	7	9	3	3	2	2	6	8	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	40	38	57	2	23	1	1	267	0	466	50	3	1	1	1	2	1052	2	2	5	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM -0.01			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	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	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-3	-3	-8	-4	-11	-13	-5	-15	-4	2	-16	-15	-15	-14	-14	-9	-14	-14	-15	-17	-19
Chill °C (?)	-10	-9	-9	-14	-10	-20	-23	-13	-25	-11	-4	-27	-26	-26	-24	-24	-20	-24	-23	-24	-27	-30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	0.1 NW	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	7	6	6	6	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	1.3 NE	0.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	1.9 SW	0.7 N	2.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	8	3	2	2	2	2

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