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

	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ogden Dune Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.7 E	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	1.6 SW	0.4 E	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	0.6 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	-	3	9	6	7	-	7	9	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	8	6	9	-	-	11
Energy(?)	114	0	1	88	190	328	0	425	69	68	7	18	0	0	0	0	736	43	187	0	0	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light snow	mod. snow	mod. snow	light rain	clear	clear	mod. snow	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	24	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	3	2	17	18	18	6	5	13	-1	-5	12	11	-7	-7	-8	13	-6	4	-2	-1	8
Low °C	2	2	1	15	17	17	5	4	13	-7	-6	7	7	-7	-7	-11	9	-9	0	-4	-3	6
Chill °C (?)	4	3	-2	16	18	18	2	2	12	-6	-10	12	11	-15	-16	-17	10	-13	-2	-9	-5	4
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 S	-	1.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.8 W	0.3 W	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	3	3	9	9	6	-	7	6	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	2.0 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	2.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	-	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	7	-	7	-	-	-	5	6	2	-	-	8	5	4	-	-	7

	Fri	Saturday 07	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 E	-	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	-	9	9	3	9	3	3	-	-	4	5	6	9	6	7	7	7	6	7	9	-	9
Energy(?)	0	114	95	1	98	1	1	0	0	1	9	77	76	213	328	326	71	87	87	54	0	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	2	3	5	8	2	2	1	1	0	-2	1	18	18	18	4	16	16	14	13	4	15
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	0	5	6	0	-2	-3	-2	-4	-7	-5	17	17	18	1	16	16	14	13	-1	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	6:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 E	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	9	9	3	7	3	3	-	-	4	5	-	9	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	6	6	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	4	10	10	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	3	3	9	9	9	4	9	9	9	8	-	8
Energy(?)	14	70	70	0	114	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	115	90	135	31	86	143	131	109	0	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	6	6	9	2	9	11	12	13	2	14
Chill °C (?)	-1	-4	-4	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	8	-3	7	9	10	11	-2	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	10	10	4	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	-	9	8	8	8	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	10	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	-	8	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	3	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	3	-	4

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