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

	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 14			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	2.3 S	1.6 WSW	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	2.1 S	-	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	-	0.6 S	1.2 S	-	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	-	8	7	9	10	6	10	11	4	10	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	5	6	-	4
Energy(?)	0	600	232	122	220	12	356	220	1	194	0	0	2	433	0	494	581	0	38	124	0	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. snow	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	16	20	8	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	5	3	6	8	1	13	14	0	13	3	4	5	7	11	11	13	-5	28	25	-5	25
Low °C	-1	3	2	6	6	-2	12	13	-2	12	2	3	5	7	3	10	8	-6	26	21	-9	25
Chill °C (?)	-6	-1	-2	3	8	1	11	12	-3	12	-2	-2	0	4	11	8	11	-12	28	25	-10	25
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.3 S	-	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	10	6	10	11	4	10	-	-	7	7	-	6	-	-	5	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	-	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 NE	0.3 WSW	1.2 S	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	-	7	-	-	-	8	4	-	3	4	7	7	7	-	7	7	5	3	6	-	4

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09	Friday 10	Sat
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	1.4 SW	0.7 E	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	5	5	5	10
Energy(?)	1	0	0	0	0	600	168	55	232	457	453	88	98	220	337	246	296	7	2	2	2	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-1	1	3	5	5	3	4	3	2	2	4	3	7	8	8	9	2	2	1	-1	13
Chill °C (?)	-6	-8	-6	-3	-1	0	0	1	-2	-4	-4	2	3	5	8	7	7	0	-1	-3	-3	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	-	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	6	5	5	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	1.4 SW	0.7 E	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	8	-	7	7	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.7 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	12	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	6
Energy(?)	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	134	193	61	79	54	46	600	223	185	168	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	-2	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	3	1	2	3	6	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4
Chill °C (?)	-9	-8	-6	-6	-8	-8	-8	-2	-6	-4	-3	2	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	2.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 W	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	8	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 ENE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.7 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	6

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