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 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06
	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	Ocean City Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 E	1.3 S	-
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	9	-	-	3	4	5	5	-	9	5	-
Energy	178	269	168	158	68	118	68	41	61	6	56	59	0	0	2	3	7	29	0	6	105	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	16	19	16	10	13	12	11	11	3	11	14	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	19	19	4
Low °C	12	13	18	8	7	12	10	10	10	2	7	12	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	16	19	3
Chill °C (?)	13	15	19	15	8	13	10	10	11	0	8	12	5	1	1	0	1	1	4	18	18	2
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	7:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	9	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	9	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	3	2	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	-	6	5	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 W	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s)	5	3	3	6	10	10	10	11	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9	9	9
Energy	2	2	1	60	218	102	218	277	267	158	56	123	122	119	119	117	65	13	93	94	64	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	4	3	5	14	14	16	18	19	15	7	9	8	8	11	13	13	4	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	3	13	12	15	17	19	13	4	6	5	5	9	13	12	0	10	11	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	10	10	10	11	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	6	6	5	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10
Energy	2	2	2	0	202	457	169	266	222	175	0	178	178	171	218	212	133	0	214	261	218	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	4	8	12	13	12	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	14	14	13	3	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	-1	-1	0	5	10	11	9	10	11	11	5	11	11	12	13	13	11	0	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	-	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	3	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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