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

	Wed	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.4 W	1.1 NW	-	-	1.3 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	10	10	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	7	9	9	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	63	82	158	67	43	694	22	11	9	11	33	17	72	0	0	181	24	43	19	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	mod. snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	-11	5	4	-13	-20	-16	-12	-13	-12	-9	-8	-8	-9	-7	-7	-4	-11	-12	-10	-15
Low °C	5	6	-12	0	1	-14	-24	-21	-13	-18	-15	-13	-9	-10	-9	-10	-10	-5	-19	-15	-13	-19
Chill °C (?)	3	6	-23	2	1	-22	-30	-22	-20	-22	-20	-16	-13	-14	-16	-15	-14	-11	-20	-18	-18	-25
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:09	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	-	6	6	5	-	5	5	4	-	-	-	9	9	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	10	11	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW	0.3 N	-	2.5 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	1.1 NW	1.0 N	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	2	-	8	2	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	4	3	2	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 22								Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	7	5	5	10	10	10	6	7	6	7	6	6	5
Energy(?)	74	53	18	15	82	96	116	84	78	39	125	73	65	74	62	17	263	144	207	86	11	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-6	-5	-7	-9	6	9	9	7	5	-16	-16	-17	1	4	5	-16	-15	-16	-17	-16	-21	-16
Chill °C (?)	-14	-14	-16	-17	2	6	7	5	2	-27	-24	-25	1	2	1	-26	-20	-24	-22	-24	-28	-22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	10	5	6	6	10	7	7	8	10	10	10	6	-	-	-	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	7	6	10	10	10	6	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 SW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 N	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	5	4	3	-	2	3	5	5	-	-	-	3	7	6	7	5	-	-

	Wednesday 21	Thursday 22
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	10	10	10	6	7	7	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	82	76	74	47	64	63	61	119	118	18	129	125	66	80	72	30	696	672	1433	904	158	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-6	-6	-5	6	6	7	7	7	-7	-4	-4	5	6	6	-11	-6	-5	-6	-5	-11	-12
Chill °C (?)	-15	-14	-14	-13	2	2	3	3	3	-16	-11	-12	0	2	2	-16	-16	-14	-15	-15	-23	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	9	6	-	-	10	10	5	6	-	-	-	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	-	-	-	9	9	7	-	-	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 NNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	6	6	5	5	4	2	7	7	8	7	7	7

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