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

	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	-
Period(s)	6	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	4	-	5	6	-	-	-	5	6	-
Energy	38	1	6	6	2	13	164	66	10	53	16	4	4	0	80	48	0	0	0	124	167	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	5	1	-
High °C	12	4	4	7	7	5	17	18	5	18	4	4	4	3	12	15	6	5	7	15	16	13
Low °C	12	2	3	6	6	5	17	16	4	17	2	3	4	2	10	14	5	5	6	14	15	9
Chill °C (?)	10	2	1	4	5	2	16	18	2	18	-1	0	0	1	10	15	2	1	4	13	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.2 W	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	4	5	-	4	5	9	6	5	6	6	5	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	7	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	4	11	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	10	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	3	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 08	Saturday 09	Sun
	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	Assateague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	0.2 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 S	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	5	-	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6
Energy	12	11	9	0	1	45	2	6	6	11	6	3	2	2	4	26	13	8	22	32	214	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	4	4	4	2	12	3	3	4	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	17	18
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	2	-1	10	0	0	1	3	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	2	1	0	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	4	6	5	5	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	4	3	4	5	-	-	4	5	6	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	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	Assateague 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7
Energy	12	13	12	11	12	60	11	10	9	10	2	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	30	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	4	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	11	11
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	8	8
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 NNE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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