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 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware 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	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 Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.0 S	0.1 S	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	-	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	-	8	4
Energy(?)	19	3	0	0	94	1	30	64	55	17	8	5	5	2	1	4	9	238	4	0	11	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	7	6	6	5	20	2	-1	-1	-1	-2	-1	-1	-4	1	0	1	0	3	0	-2	16	16
Low °C	6	6	5	4	18	0	-2	-2	-1	-3	-3	-2	-6	-2	-1	0	0	2	-1	-4	14	15
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	0	20	-3	-9	-9	-9	-10	-8	-8	-10	-5	-5	-4	-6	0	-7	-9	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	9	5	-	11	11	-	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	-	5	-	8	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	2	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	2	5

	Mon	Tuesday 25	Wednesday 26	Thursday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4
Energy(?)	31	19	12	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	277	90	33	30	56	64	64	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	20	18	-1	-2	-1	-2	-2	-1
Chill °C (?)	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	1	0	-2	-1	-1	20	18	-9	-10	-9	-10	-10	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	7	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Monday 24	Tuesday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	-	-
Energy(?)	42	32	31	30	28	19	19	12	12	7	8	7	4	4	15	9	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	14	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	11	12	4	4	3	3	3	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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