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

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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	3	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 NW	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.3 N	1.5 N	-	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	6	7	7	-	4	6	2	7	-	-	6	6	3	5	5	5	12	11	10
Energy(?)	153	405	1202	15	311	292	0	24	68	1	230	0	0	97	74	8	53	25	16	217	124	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-8	-11	-13	-7	-6	-18	-11	-13	-15	-10	-14	-13	-8	-12	-10	-7	-7	-1	-2	-3	-2
Low °C	-12	-8	-14	-14	-9	-8	-22	-11	-21	-20	-11	-18	-19	-9	-17	-14	-8	-10	-5	-2	-5	-4
Chill °C (?)	-16	-15	-11	-20	-15	-13	-25	-19	-21	-22	-17	-22	-19	-15	-20	-13	-10	-13	-5	-10	-10	-8
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	5:25	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 NW	0.3 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 N	1.5 N	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.5 S	1.0 W	0.6 SW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	3	7	8	-	7	7	2	4	4	2	7	2	-	6	6	3	5	5	-	5	4	3

	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29	Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NW	1.2 N
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	6	8	8	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	-	6	6	5
Energy(?)	153	45	12	334	791	775	49	226	229	349	3	4	1	176	202	216	201	170	0	131	124	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-12	-9	-9	-10	-11	-11	-13	-13	-14	-10	-13	-16	-18	-10	-14	-10	-9	-8	-16	-10	-12	-15
Chill °C (?)	-18	-16	-17	-16	-11	-16	-19	-20	-14	-13	-20	-25	-26	-17	-14	-16	-14	-12	-24	-16	-19	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	0.3 N	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NW	1.2 N
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	8	8	2	7	6	7	-	2	2	6	7	6	6	6	-	6	6	5

	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	6	6	6	8	8	6	8	7	7	3	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	8	8
Energy(?)	245	184	153	211	231	361	25	865	290	870	7	8	5	728	733	332	245	246	50	185	670	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-12	-12	-12	-10	-10	-7	-9	-9	-8	-11	-11	-12	-12	-10	-14	-8	-7	-8	-10	-8	-11	-10
Chill °C (?)	-16	-17	-18	-20	-20	-15	-16	-18	-16	-16	-17	-18	-16	-18	-20	-15	-14	-15	-16	-15	-19	-19
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.5 NW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.4 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.4 N	1.6 WNW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	6	6	3	8	6	8	3	3	3	8	8	7	6	6	3	6	8	8

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