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

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	-	1.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	5	4	7	-	-	10	-	6	8	8	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	79	18	3	12	0	0	54	0	260	130	82	56	38	55	48	43	30	12	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1
High °C	5	5	2	15	7	9	18	10	16	12	12	4	6	9	8	7	9	11	12	15	14	7
Low °C	2	4	1	11	5	6	13	9	13	12	11	2	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	15	11	6
Chill °C (?)	2	3	2	14	6	9	18	8	14	10	12	0	4	9	8	7	8	11	10	13	11	2
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	4	7	-	-	6	-	-	8	8	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.1 W	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	-	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 21	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Assateague Maryland	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	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	-	2.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	-	8	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	10
Energy(?)	440	0	453	0	79	31	18	10	5	3	1	0	0	64	50	0	0	0	0	0	1	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	5	2	4	5	5	4	2	1	2	1	2	5	14	15	9	8	6	6	5	8	20
Chill °C (?)	-6	1	-4	1	2	3	2	2	-1	-1	-2	-1	4	13	14	9	6	3	3	2	5	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	6	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-

	Monday 20	Tuesday 21
	9PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Assateague Maryland	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	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	2.2 S	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	4	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	9
Energy(?)	0	0	440	0	691	641	658	560	453	362	479	220	134	27	21	58	44	31	26	24	18	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	7	1	6	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	8
Chill °C (?)	-4	3	-6	2	-6	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	5	5	2	3	3	3	2	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	4	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	2.2 S	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	-	-	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	7	5	-	4	-	4	-	-	5	5	5	2

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