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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	2.0 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	5	15	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	3	4	8	8
Energy(?)	12	360	6	21	7	189	130	28	4	0	0	0	0	65	0	0	1	1	3	15	394	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	9:40AM 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	1:09PM 1.34	2:01AM 1.20		1:21PM 0.94	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM -0.16	n/a n/a		4:20PM -0.10	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:30PM 0.05	7:38AM 0.19		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	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-3	-11	-3	-1	2	-2	-1	-4	-7	-6	-6	-4	-4	-8	-6	-4	-5	-6	-1	-3	0
Low °C	-11	-6	-11	-8	-2	0	-2	-3	-7	-9	-8	-9	-6	-4	-10	-9	-5	-9	-6	-2	-4	-3
Chill °C (?)	-15	-10	-18	-10	-7	-1	-8	-1	-8	-13	-12	-11	-10	-10	-14	-14	-11	-14	-14	-9	-10	-4
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SE	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	6	5	8	8	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	15	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	2.0 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.5 N	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 NNE	1.3 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	3	7	-	5	6	7	6	5	3	4	3	-	-	5	-	3	5	3	3	4	5	5

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	5	8	8	7	5	5	5	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	58	55	16	41	46	58	5	5	21	22	88	237	443	88	59	100	130	49	28	18	7	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	8:44AM 1.31		n/a n/a		9:26PM 1.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:57PM 1.23				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			4:30AM 0.01		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	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	5	-7	5	5	-10	-11	-11	-8	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	2	3	-2	-1	-3	-4	-5
Chill °C (?)	1	4	-16	2	2	-17	-17	-17	-13	-10	-10	-9	-10	-8	-8	-1	2	-6	-1	-6	-8	-10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	8	5	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	3	6	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	6	5	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.3 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	5	4	6	7	7	7	3	-	-	5	5	-	2	3

	Sunday 07																Monday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	9	8	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5
Energy(?)	61	59	12	58	55	154	18	16	16	16	17	14	9	27	31	41	46	6	6	6	5	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.31	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:59PM 1.27			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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	-11	4	5	-1	-7	-6	-7	-7	-8	-9	-10	4	4	4	4	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	-19	2	4	-8	-16	-15	-16	-16	-17	-17	-18	0	0	1	1	-17	-17	-17	-17	-17
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	8	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.4 N	-	-	1.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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