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

	Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sun
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.6 E	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 S	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	9	4	10	9	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	102	913	1693	26	1848	812	661	315	135	49	46	19	36	36	237	481	93	397	125	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	12:32PM 0.02	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	1:52PM -0.16	1:08AM -0.14	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	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	7	-	1	-
High °C	9	10	10	14	10	10	10	11	10	10	8	6	8	8	8	7	1	7	17	3	2	1
Low °C	7	9	8	14	9	10	9	10	8	9	8	5	7	8	6	4	-1	2	16	3	-1	0
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	12	6	6	7	9	8	8	4	1	5	5	5	4	-5	2	16	-2	-3	-3
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 W	-	1.2 S	0.2 S	-	1.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	10	10	10	-	-	8	-	6	6	6	5	-	7	5	-	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.6 E	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W	-	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.1 WNW	2.1 NW	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	9	4	10	9	8	7	-	6	6	2	5	5	6	7	6	7	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 02					Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wed
	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	Chincoteague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.1 NE	0.9 SE	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	5	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	51	413	913	1602	1976	1693	2539	2502	2325	2142	109	119	929	812	777	755	570	543	315	196	102	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		5:15PM 1.16	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
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	5	4	6	6	3	4	5	4	4	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	8	7	7	10	5	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.1 NE	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	7	8	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	5	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6

	Sunday 02																Monday 03
	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	Chincoteague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	46	55	102	165	271	413	560	712	913	1121	16	16	1853	1981	1976	1933	1814	1693	1904	1985	2202	2351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
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	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	2	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	14	14	6	6	6	4	4	3	3	4	4	6
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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