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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 W	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	-	-	0.1 SW	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	-	1.7 ENE	-	2.1 E	1.2 S	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	8	6	9	9	6	-	7	-	7	5	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	7	252	3	5	335	0	0	2	127	35	46	244	0	310	0	420	88	17	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 0.81	2:38AM 0.96	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:34PM 1.00		5:12AM 1.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:16PM 1.23		8:08AM 0.49	7:26PM 1.53		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29AM 0.24		8:34PM 0.30	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		12:45AM 0.09	11:56AM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		12:26AM 0.04			1:24AM -0.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	13	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	13	1	0	15	3	3	3	7	19	24	23	6	7	9	1	26	2	3	8	7	10
Low °C	-3	11	-3	-2	14	1	3	3	4	14	23	20	4	6	3	1	25	2	2	5	6	7
Chill °C (?)	1	11	-3	-4	15	-2	-3	-3	3	18	24	23	3	5	6	-4	26	-1	0	4	3	8
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:44	-	-	7:36	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	-	-	0.1 SW	1.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	4	5	10	-	-	8	6	9	9	6	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.8 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.1 E	1.2 S	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	7	-	5	5	6	5	7	5	7	5	5	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Stockton New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	8	7
Energy(?)	287	293	339	7	1	0	1	244	516	187	5	5	3	239	234	273	98	96	0	1	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		4:24AM 0.42		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				4:36AM 1.27		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			8:29AM 0.24	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		9:45PM 0.27	11:47PM 0.12			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	7	7	10	1	1	1	0	14	15	14	0	1	2	15	13	12	10	8	3	3	3	4
Chill °C (?)	7	7	10	-2	-3	-3	-4	12	14	12	-4	-2	1	14	13	12	8	6	-4	-3	-3	0
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	7	7	7

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Stockton New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	4	-	4	4
Energy(?)	280	282	287	26	24	14	13	246	384	209	7	7	6	349	359	380	198	206	2	0	1	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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
Low Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:31AM 0.11		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	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	-2	-3	-3	-1	8	9	10	1	1	1	13	12	13	13	14	0	0	0	0
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	-2	-6	-6	-1	8	9	10	-1	-2	-2	11	10	11	11	12	-4	-4	-4	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-

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