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

	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 E	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	1.7 E	-	-	1.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	9	7	8	8	-	5	4	4	-	8	-	-	6	8	8	7	8	7	-	-	-	-
Energy	62	1	2	134	0	3	1	1	0	356	0	0	281	2	2	285	239	113	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	5	4	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	13	10	9	7	6	6	7	6	8	10	12	14	13	10	11	5	4	4	4	4	3
Low °C	15	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	13	11	10	8	4	4	4	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	16	11	6	7	5	4	4	6	5	4	10	10	13	10	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	-2
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	7:43	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:40	-	-	7:46	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	6	8	5	5	4	4	-	7	-	-	-	8	8	6	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	8	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.7 E	-	0.3 E	1.9 E	1.2 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	4	3	3	-	-	-	8	-	3	6	5	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24	Saturday 25	Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	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	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Union 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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period(s)	-	-	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Energy	0	0	128	183	187	50	1	1	2	3	2	2	126	47	1	3	3	9	1	1	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	25	19	17	15	8	8	10	12	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	9	12	25	19	16	15	4	4	6	10	8	5	7	7	4	4	4	4	6	6	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	6	4	4	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	0.5 S	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	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	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Union 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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.4 E	1.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	1	183	135	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	17	19	21	16	14	14	15	15	15	13	18	18	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	7
Chill °C (?)	7	8	17	19	21	16	12	12	14	14	14	11	18	18	9	7	6	6	4	4	4	3
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	4	5	6	6	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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