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

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	Tue	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 W	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 W	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.8 W	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	-	3	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	7	-	-	-	5	7	3	3	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	25	0	2	0	0	0	273	100	23	1	145	0	0	0	2	66	8	2	2	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	mod. snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	-13	-13	-16	-15	-13	-8	-4	-3	-3	8	-4	-11	-12	-5	-7	-11	-13	-17	-18	-17	-22
Low °C	-13	-13	-15	-22	-20	-14	-13	-6	-3	-6	6	-7	-17	-16	-8	-8	-13	-14	-20	-20	-18	-24
Chill °C (?)	-2	-24	-24	-27	-19	-22	-17	-11	-9	-6	4	-10	-19	-16	-13	-15	-21	-24	-26	-25	-25	-32
Sunrise	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	11	-	-	-	4	7	6	-	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 NW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	-	4	7	6	3	3	7	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15	Friday 16
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 N	0.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	-	-	3	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	3	4	6	5	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	78	25	6	2	0	0	2	64	90	0	1	0	0	0	3	36	161	72	326	330	100	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	-4	-11	-13	-13	-13	-13	2	3	-18	-20	-22	-20	-15	-13	-14	-13	-17	-11	-18	-6	-3
Chill °C (?)	-2	-12	-21	-24	-24	-24	-24	0	3	-28	-30	-32	-28	-19	-13	-18	-20	-23	-14	-24	-14	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	0.3 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	5	6	6	6	5

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	2.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	2.0 NNW	0.2 W	0.4 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	6	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	4	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	8
Energy(?)	69	53	78	86	35	25	14	824	8	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	9	418	4	2	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	1	-4	-7	4	5	-12	-13	-13	-13	-14	-13	-13	-13	-5	-5	-6	-13	-8
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-5	-12	-15	-1	1	-23	-24	-24	-24	-26	-24	-24	-24	-11	-12	-13	-24	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	5	7	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	2.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 N	2.0 NNW	1.1 N	0.4 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	5	3	8

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