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

	Tue	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.4 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 W	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period(s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	-	9	5	5	5	4	5	7	4	-	7	-	-
Energy	136	34	143	16	13	37	1	1	1	0	72	76	7	6	19	103	154	4	0	42	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	11	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	19	2	4	12	4	4	5	5	15	18	8	5	4	17	19	4	4	12	10	9
Low °C	3	3	17	2	3	12	2	3	5	3	14	14	4	4	4	16	18	4	2	8	10	5
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	18	-2	1	11	2	1	2	3	13	18	5	2	0	16	18	0	3	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	-	0.3 E	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	10	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	9	9	5	5	-	8	7	-	-	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	1.4 S	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	4	-	-	3	3	-	4	5	-	5	4	5	3	4	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	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	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Stockton New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.1 SW
Period(s)	7	5	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	6	4	4
Energy	233	80	156	136	86	48	34	28	32	85	202	84	53	11	13	45	9	4	1	43	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	-	-	-	high	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	20	18	13	12	3	4	12	4	4	3	11	2	3
Chill °C (?)	-2	8	-1	-1	0	-1	-2	-2	-2	20	17	12	10	0	1	11	2	2	1	9	-1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	5	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	6	6	7	6	6	6	-	-	4	6	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	9	-	6	3	-	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	-	0.4 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	6	6	-	3	-	4	4	5	5	-	2	-	-

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	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	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Stockton New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.1 E	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.5 S	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period(s)	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	5
Energy	226	74	233	203	200	195	173	177	156	2	175	220	222	86	86	167	47	48	46	151	34	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	12	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	17	16	16	17	3	3	16	3	3	3	17	3	3
Chill °C (?)	-2	10	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	15	14	14	16	-1	0	14	-1	-1	-1	16	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.1 E	0.7 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 E	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	7	7	10	7	7	7	10	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.5 S	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	6	6	6	7	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	5

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