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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 E	1.0 S	2.2 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 W	0.9 S	0.2 N	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.0 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	-	-	6	10	4	-	9	6	8	6	6	8	6	5	5	6	7	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	171	0	0	23	117	2	0	89	138	558	112	98	236	99	2	74	190	357	54	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. snow	mod. snow	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	11	0	1	2	7	6	2	18	21	4	17	15	2	20	7	10	-2	-2	22	-7	-1	1
Low °C	9	-1	1	1	3	2	1	16	18	2	15	13	-2	17	3	9	-4	-3	20	-8	-4	-1
Chill °C (?)	10	-4	-4	-4	5	3	-3	17	21	0	17	15	-5	20	4	7	-8	-9	22	-11	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	6	10	4	-	9	9	-	6	6	6	8	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	9	9	-	9	9	6	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.2 S	1.0 S	2.2 SW	-	-	1.3 W	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.0 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	4	5	-	-	6	6	8	-	-	8	6	6	5	6	7	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 05	Friday 06	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Union 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 Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	1.1 SSW	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	5	-	9	9	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	8	8	-	2	6	5	5	9
Energy(?)	52	0	112	170	143	46	0	0	0	0	0	76	118	0	108	171	0	1	126	26	88	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	1	8	17	14	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	4	7	9	13	2	1	0	-2	-3	16
Chill °C (?)	-4	-3	6	17	14	-1	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	-1	1	3	7	12	-3	-3	-4	-5	-8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	9	6	-	-	-	6	-	9	9	4	8	8	-	-	6	5	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.3 WNW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	5	3	3	5	5	-	5	6	6	-	5	6	7	-	5	5	-	2	5	3	5	6

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Union 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 Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	10	10	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	9
Energy(?)	0	0	138	188	196	166	0	0	0	0	0	111	103	0	76	143	0	0	0	0	0	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	8	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	8	-1	8	11	0	0	1	1	1	3
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	6	10	8	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-5	5	6	-5	5	9	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	5	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	5	3	-	-	-	7	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	4

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