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

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.5 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.6 W	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.3 ESE	0.3 W	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	-	-	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	5	7	5	5	4	6	6	5	-	-	8	9	10	6	5	11	5	11	11	-	-	9
Energy(?)	10	47	2	1	9	62	31	2	0	0	447	158	218	13	3	393	8	531	332	0	0	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 1.12	11:17AM 1.00	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)	5:00AM 0.07	5:10AM 0.08	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:18PM 0.30	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	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	7	-4	-5	-4	-1	-3	-1	4	7	5	9	12	1	1	14	0	15	16	3	3	18
Low °C	-2	4	-4	-12	-10	-1	-7	-2	3	6	5	7	9	0	1	13	-2	14	15	0	3	16
Chill °C (?)	-5	3	-11	-13	-9	-8	-8	-8	0	3	1	6	11	-1	1	13	-2	14	16	-2	-1	17
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	6:28	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	7:39	-	7:30	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.3 ESE	0.3 W	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	-	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	5	7	5	5	-	-	6	5	-	-	7	9	10	6	5	11	5	11	11	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	2	-	4	6	4	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 05			Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	1.0 NW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	1.3 NW	1.5 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	3	3	5	6	8	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6
Energy(?)	676	117	34	10	5	78	5	1	55	2	1	1	111	270	9	40	62	43	28	31	63	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Low Tide / height (m)	4:22PM 0.09		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	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	0	-1	-2	1	-4	-4	11	-5	-8	-10	-1	-2	-4	-1	-1	-3	-6	-7	-6	-2
Chill °C (?)	15	13	-4	-4	-5	-2	-10	-11	10	-13	-16	-17	-6	-6	-9	-8	-7	-8	-12	-13	-13	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	7	7	6	5	5	-	6	6	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	7	8	5	5	6	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	1.3 NW	1.5 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	7	-	6	-	-	6	3	2	7	3	3	-	6	8	4	5	6	6	3	4	5	6

	Sunday 05									Monday 06
	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	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	4	4	4	9	5	5	8	6	5	5	8	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	301	341	12	13	16	1530	15	15	108	16	11	10	337	8	5	6	5	7	5	3	5	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
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	10:50PM 1.23	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	0	-1	-1	2	5	-2	-2	-3	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4
Chill °C (?)	17	12	-6	-5	-5	-6	-4	-4	8	-3	-4	-4	-4	1	-5	-5	-6	-6	-8	-9	-10	-11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	6	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	-	-	6	5	5	5	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	4	4	4	9	5	-	3	-	-	-	8	4	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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