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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period(s) (?)	10	-	-	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-
Energy(?)	63	0	0	145	945	612	573	700	79	53	0	0	0	0	636	116	49	0
Wind (km/h)	10	15	15	15	25	25	35	30	25	20	10	20	20	5	25	30	25	15
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:48PM	9:21AM		9:56PM	11:47AM		11:09PM	11:15AM		12:07AM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:56PM	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			4:42PM	3:55AM	5:57AM	6:48PM		4:59AM	5:50PM		6:47AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
High °C	1	-4	-1	14	15	14	13	10	9	9	-5	-5	-3	-3	13	6	2	-17
Low °C	0	-5	-4	13	13	13	12	7	8	9	-7	-6	-4	-4	7	4	-2	-22
Chill °C (?)	-4	-10	-3	12	13	12	10	7	6	6	-11	-12	-8	-8	11	2	-4	-22
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:19
Sunset	4:37	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	6	8	9	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	13	11	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	-	1.4 S	1.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	7	9	-	9	9	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	-
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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	145	626	601	945	560	586	612	646	573	1287
Wind (km/h)	10	20	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	20	20	25	20	25	25	25	35	35
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	ebb	low	flow	high	flow	ebb	flow	high	ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				8:13PM 0.99				8:33AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	1:56PM -0.07	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:39PM -0.11								3:22PM -0.11	4:04PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	2	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-4	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	-4	-10	-10	-11	-11	-11	-9	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.4 S	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	8	9	-	-	-	9	9	10
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