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 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Naval Jetties Delaware	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Queen Street New Jersey	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	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	6	6	8	9	5	5	9	8	5	4	6	3	9	7	4	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	138	337	175	44	21	92	141	15	10	111	104	64	15	270	2	35	97	14	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:52AM 1.28	n/a n/a	8:31PM 1.25	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:14PM 1.60	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	12:33PM 0.95		12:51AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40AM -0.04		n/a n/a	3:11AM -0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:17AM -0.16	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	6:30AM 0.03	6:26PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	snow shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	-8	-1	0	-1	4	6	1	3	10	12	13	5	2	-3	18	16	-7	-9	-7	2	0
Low °C	-1	-11	-3	-6	-3	3	5	-2	2	9	10	12	1	2	-4	15	13	-8	-16	-15	0	-17
Chill °C (?)	-3	-16	-8	-5	-4	1	4	-2	1	6	10	11	2	0	-10	17	15	-11	-9	-16	-4	-6
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	5	7	6	6	8	9	5	5	9	8	5	-	-	-	9	7	4	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	4	9	-	-	5	8	9	8	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	1.1 S	0.9 S	-	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 N	1.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	-	4	6	3	5	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 W	0.9 SE	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 SE	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	10	5	-	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	9	8	8
Energy(?)	282	202	95	139	53	0	158	405	175	80	45	44	63	33	21	13	7	3	1	141	141	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 1.21	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:14AM 1.56	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		3:11AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	3	-10	0	-9	-5	-2	-3	-1	0	-2	-2	-6	-3	-1	-1	-1	-4	-4	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	2	-2	-16	-6	-13	-13	-6	-11	-8	-5	-6	-6	-6	-3	-4	-5	-4	-4	-4	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 SE	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 SE	0.1 W	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	5	-	9	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	-	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.6 W	-	0.4 NNW	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	3	5	-	3	7	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-

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	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	2.0 W	0.8 SE	2.0 WNW	-	0.9 SE	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	9	8	-	10	3	3	-	-	4	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	9	9	9
Energy(?)	295	181	318	170	452	0	168	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	121	188	219	253	184	155	155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	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	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	-6	5	-7	-6	3	-18	-17	-17	-16	-15	-15	-15	-14	-13	-12	-11	-11	-1	-1	0
Chill °C (?)	1	1	-14	2	-15	-12	-3	-25	-24	-24	-23	-22	-22	-22	-21	-21	-20	-19	-19	-6	-5	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:34	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	10	10	-	9	-	-	10	3	3	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	2.0 W	0.4 W	2.0 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	4	3	6	3	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	4

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