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 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.3 N	-	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	-	-	7	-	5	6	6	6	11	11	11	11	-	-	3	5	5	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	273	0	0	178	0	37	89	121	48	201	124	63	62	0	0	1	49	6	33	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-14	-14	-14	-7	-17	-9	-6	-7	-4	-2	-2	2	3	-17	-11	-7	-5	-5	-2	-2	-14	-14
Low °C	-14	-22	-20	-8	-18	-13	-7	-10	-6	-2	-3	-1	1	-21	-16	-8	-8	-8	-3	-9	-14	-17
Chill °C (?)	-22	-22	-19	-13	-23	-14	-11	-13	-9	-10	-7	0	0	-24	-15	-7	-11	-12	-8	-8	-24	-25
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.3 N	-	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	-	5	6	6	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	3	5	5	5	-	-	-

	Friday 30	Saturday 31	Sunday 01	Monday 02
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.1 N	0.8 NW	-	1.6 N	-	1.4 N	-	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	5	-	8	-	8	-	6	6	6	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	0	0	74	54	0	512	0	336	0	116	71	62	2	13	37	65	89	125	150	121	111	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-11	-13	-9	-16	-20	-13	-20	-9	-12	-8	-12	-15	-18	-18	-13	-9	-6	-7	-10	-8	-7	-5
Chill °C (?)	-19	-21	-12	-20	-27	-20	-26	-16	-16	-13	-18	-19	-24	-24	-18	-14	-11	-13	-16	-14	-13	-11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.4 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 N	0.8 NW	-	1.6 N	-	1.4 N	-	1.2 N	1.0 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	-	8	-	8	-	6	6	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5

	Friday 30	Saturday 31
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Energy(?)	0	0	0	247	0	22	0	0	0	225	468	555	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-13	-11	-8	-14	-12	-8	-13	-10	-14	-7	-6	-6	-18	-19	-20	-21	-22	-22	-23	-22	-20	-8
Chill °C (?)	-21	-19	-15	-21	-20	-12	-21	-14	-22	-13	-13	-12	-25	-26	-27	-28	-29	-29	-30	-29	-26	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 N	1.7 WNW	-	0.8 N	-	1.0 N	-	1.6 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	-	4	-	5	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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