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 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.1 W	0.8 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	1.7 SE	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	9	6	9	9	7	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	6	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	172	795	113	59	90	35	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	409	0	191	320	224	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	3	19	14	14	1	-2	9	9	1	-6	-7	-10	9	-8	-3	3	12	-9	-1	-4	-2
Low °C	17	3	15	14	14	-3	-3	6	4	1	-6	-10	-10	5	-10	-6	0	10	-18	-5	-8	-4
Chill °C (?)	17	-2	19	14	14	-2	-6	9	7	-5	-14	-15	-18	5	-8	-10	-3	9	-14	-6	-7	-8
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.5 W	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	9	7	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	4	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.1 W	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	-	1.1 WNW	0.8 E	1.7 SE	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	6	-	-	4	5	6	3	3	-	4	4	5	6	7	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 08	Monday 09	Tuesday 10
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.6 SSE	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.7 W	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	-	4	5	9	6	6	7	7	6	8	6	7	7	8	9	11	10	9	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	0	1	8	63	241	137	273	238	107	203	58	455	76	446	46	83	78	82	52	50	6	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	-	low	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	0	-3	17	19	18	20	19	18	3	16	5	14	3	16	13	12	13	11	11	-2	0
Chill °C (?)	-3	-3	-8	16	19	18	20	19	18	0	16	2	14	-1	16	12	10	12	10	10	-6	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	4	5	9	6	9	7	7	6	8	6	7	7	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	-	9	-	9	11	10	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.7 SW	-	1.7 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	6	6	6	7	7	-	6	-	7	-	8	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	0.7 E	1.8 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	6	9	7	9	6	6	6	6	7	9	9
Energy(?)	0	0	0	91	146	99	99	100	100	13	74	90	100	306	75	171	152	207	137	146	795	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	0	0	16	18	17	17	17	16	-3	17	-1	16	1	19	18	18	20	20	21	3	4
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	-3	14	17	16	16	16	14	-9	16	-8	14	-5	19	18	18	20	20	21	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	-	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	-	9	-	6	9	9	9	9	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	9	9

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