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

	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Ogden Dune Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Long Point Lake Erie	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.1 S	1.6 S	0.8 S	-	-	1.6 W	1.8 SW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NNW	-	0.6 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	5	7	6	-	-	8	7	9	8	7	7	-	4	6	7	6	14	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	88	373	66	0	0	386	299	601	195	628	326	0	20	312	397	92	8	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light snow	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	9	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	5	25	22	21	12	12	4	14	0	-2	2	1	5	3	4	5	12	13	1	2	4	4
Low °C	5	22	19	19	12	11	1	5	-2	-2	2	0	4	1	2	3	12	10	-1	2	3	3
Chill °C (?)	5	25	22	21	10	9	1	12	-7	-9	-4	-3	4	-1	-2	1	8	10	-2	0	1	0
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	1.3 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	6	6	-	-	7	-	10	10	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	-	-	7	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	1.6 S	0.3 W	1.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 W	1.8 SW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NNW	-	0.6 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	2	5	7	8	7	9	8	7	7	-	4	6	7	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 16	Friday 17	Saturday 18
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.6 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	8	8
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	117	44	0	0	0	373	118	84	66	49	43	57	0	0	0	413	386	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	5	25	28	4	3	4	22	21	19	21	23	24	22	12	11	11	4	1	0
Chill °C (?)	7	5	3	5	25	28	2	2	4	22	21	19	21	23	24	22	9	8	8	1	-4	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	8	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	1.6 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	8	8

	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	31	32	0	0	0	77	83	83	83	77	75	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	8	8	7	25	24	5	6	5	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	5	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	7	25	24	5	6	3	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	3	2	2	1	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	8	8	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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