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

	Mon	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Colborne Lake Erie	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Point Aux Pins Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.1 SW	1.7 N	1.5 N	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	7	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	5	3	7	-	-	8
Energy(?)	0	0	77	264	253	0	102	0	0	0	0	188	431	0	0	0	98	5	66	0	0	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light snow	mod. snow	heavy snow	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	12	-	-	1
High °C	3	0	11	5	5	1	23	-3	-1	1	0	-1	0	0	2	1	6	1	15	-2	-1	5
Low °C	1	-2	11	4	3	-1	18	-4	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	1	-5	6	0	8	-8	-1	4
Chill °C (?)	0	-6	8	1	1	-2	23	-10	-8	-4	-3	-6	-4	-5	2	-2	2	-4	14	-4	-4	0
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.7 N	1.5 N	-	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	6	7	8	-	6	3	4	4	4	6	7	4	3	3	5	3	3	-	-	8

	Monday 30	Tuesday 31	Wednesday 01	Thursday 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	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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	1.7 N	1.2 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	90	72	52	337	172	64	0	0	0	0	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	2	1	1	0	-2	-1	0	0	-1	10	7	2	5	7	7	-1	-3	-4	-4	17
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-2	-3	-4	-6	-8	-7	-4	-3	-1	8	5	-2	1	3	3	-6	-9	-10	-11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	-	1.2 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	4	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 NW	1.7 N	1.4 NNE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	-	6	-	5	8	8	4	-	-	3	3	6

	Monday 30	Tuesday 31
	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	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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	4	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	17	15	0	179	185	162	0	0	0	0	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	11	10	10	14	13	11	0	-1	-2	-2	20
Chill °C (?)	1	1	0	-1	-1	0	-2	-2	-2	-2	-4	8	8	10	12	11	8	-6	-7	-8	-8	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	6	5	4	-	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	6

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