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

	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	6	5	6	5	5	-	5	-	4	4	-	5	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1114	22	27	115	3	2	0	64	0	6	6	0	24	45	52	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	15	2
High °C	-3	-8	-3	-1	-9	-8	-4	-3	0	-1	1	2	3	14	15	3	2	7	2	3	3	2
Low °C	-7	-12	-5	-2	-13	-8	-6	-6	0	-1	-1	1	2	11	14	3	2	7	2	2	2	-4
Chill °C (?)	-10	-14	-8	-7	-12	-12	-10	-9	0	-4	-4	-3	-2	13	14	-1	-2	4	-2	0	-1	-4
Sunrise	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	5	5	-	-	5	4	-	-	5	5	6	5	-	-	4	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-	0.5 S	1.1 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SE	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	5	6	-	-	3	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	5	4	3	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 03	Sunday 04	Monday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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
Rating	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	71	50	33	313	99	14	12	12	12	119	6	67	57	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-10	-13	-13	-7	-8	-8	-6	-7	-11	-5	-15	-8	-3	-9	-8	-8	-6	-6	-5	-4	-4	-1
Chill °C (?)	-19	-21	-20	-13	-13	-14	-13	-15	-20	-10	-22	-14	-3	-12	-12	-14	-12	-12	-11	-10	-9	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	3	2	-	7	6	-	2	2	2	6	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	6

	Friday 02	Saturday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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
Rating	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	2.4 NW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	92	72	71	936	1055	50	47	34	33	664	30	145	23	21	22	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-8	-10	-4	-4	-13	-13	-13	-13	-4	-13	-7	-3	-13	-12	-11	-9	-8	-7	-7	-6	-6
Chill °C (?)	-16	-17	-19	-12	-12	-21	-21	-21	-20	-11	-20	-15	-8	-20	-19	-17	-15	-14	-13	-14	-13	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	1.5 WNW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	8	8	2	-	-	-	8	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

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