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

	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 W	1.6 WSW	-	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	-	6	7	3	6	6	12	6	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	294	420	415	80	173	95	13	236	0	51	75	7	132	125	32	154	52	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:44PM 0.89	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	-1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	-14	7	7	-8	-7	-2	-2	3	-13	-13	-19	-18
Low °C	-11	-7	-1	2	2	1	2	2	-14	4	-16	6	6	-10	-8	-4	-2	1	-13	-15	-27	-24
Chill °C (?)	-16	-7	-7	-4	-4	-2	-3	-2	-1	0	-24	4	6	-14	-15	-10	-9	-2	-22	-22	-30	-24
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.9 W	0.4 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 W	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	6	6	-	-	9	11	4	5	-	8	-	4	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.5 SSE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	5	6	6	5	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	8	-	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.5 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.6 WSW	0.7 N	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 NW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	7	9	7	3	6	4	4	7	3	6	7	3	6	6	4	6	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	-	3	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	6
Energy(?)	74	76	0	6	69	294	563	602	420	269	205	302	176	53	54	85	173	184	95	54	39	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 0.18		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	-7	-1	-1	-1	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	-8
Chill °C (?)	5	3	-13	-7	-8	-8	-7	-7	-4	-4	-2	-3	-5	-3	-4	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	-1	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 N	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	2	3	-	3	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	5	6	6	4	5	3	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Au Sable Point 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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	90	120	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	68	4	2	69	122	195	294	355	448	563	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	-11	-11	-10	-10	-9	-8	-7	-5	-3	-3	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0
Chill °C (?)	8	5	-20	-19	-17	-16	-15	-14	-13	-11	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	6	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9

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