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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.4 W	0.4 SE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period(s) (?)	3	3	9	6	7	9	9	8	9	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	-
Energy(?)	3	1	88	190	282	52	50	277	49	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	318	116	0	0	54	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.27	n/a n/a	10:31PM 1.18	10:34AM 0.91	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		12:47AM 1.03		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:00PM 0.75	2:26AM 0.92		4:50PM 0.34	3:43AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		4:29AM 0.06	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:01PM 0.25		7:08AM 0.23	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:18AM 0.23		8:19PM 0.26	9:27AM 0.22		9:32PM 0.24	10:18AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	18	19	18	15	15	3	15	-2	-1	-5	-4	-4	-6	-6	2	5	-1	2	7	-8
Low °C	2	0	16	17	15	13	14	1	12	-5	-3	-5	-5	-6	-10	-9	1	1	-5	1	5	-11
Chill °C (?)	3	-2	17	19	18	15	14	-2	14	-6	-6	-11	-11	-11	-12	-14	-2	-1	-8	-2	2	-14
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	3	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	3	-	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	4	3	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 W	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.3 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	9	3	9	9	3	-	-	4	5	6	9	9	7	7	9	6	6	6	9	7	9	9
Energy(?)	83	1	98	133	1	0	0	2	15	87	76	59	282	76	242	82	72	64	50	73	43	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High 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		10:49AM 0.99		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:59PM 1.02
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			5:11AM 0.12				5:15PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	5	7	11	2	0	0	-1	-4	1	18	19	18	4	2	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	1	5	5	9	-2	-4	-3	-5	-10	-5	17	19	18	1	-1	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 W	0.5 W	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	3	7	8	3	-	-	4	5	-	9	9	6	7	9	6	6	6	6	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	6	7	6	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NNW	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	9	-	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	6	3	8	8	8	8	5	9	9
Energy(?)	114	0	119	127	1	1	1	1	3	2	100	96	135	257	1	113	138	151	87	188	91	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High 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							10:31PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a	4:00AM -0.01		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	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	3	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	9	10	12	1	2	12	12	14	14	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	2	3	2	5	2	3	3	3	7	8	10	-5	-2	10	10	12	12	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	4	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	-	3	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	3	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.8 NNW	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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