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 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			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	Dewey Beach Delaware	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.9 ESE	0.1 W	-	-	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 S	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.8 S	1.3 NNW	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	0.1 SE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	4	6	-	-	7	9	7	7	6	6	6	9	6	6	3	5	6	6	8	-	-
Energy(?)	0	34	1	0	0	231	413	346	64	111	75	19	3	54	102	6	119	106	207	5	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light snow	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	13	-4	-9	-3	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	10	11	-9	-12	-5	-8	-5	-1	-2	-2
Low °C	-3	10	-8	-9	-7	-1	1	2	1	1	2	-13	8	10	-11	-17	-5	-9	-10	-2	-4	-3
Chill °C (?)	-6	10	-12	-17	-8	-6	-4	-3	-1	-4	-3	-1	7	9	-19	-16	-11	-15	-12	-8	-10	-9
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	6	6	9	9	-	-	6	5	5	4	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 NE	0.4 NNE	-	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	0.8 W	0.9 NNE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.3 NNW	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	-	7	9	7	3	6	6	4	6	6	6	3	5	6	6	2	-	-

	Saturday 10	Sunday 11	Monday 12	Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	7	-	7	-	3	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	313	268	88	0	64	0	1	42	231	450	555	413	228	137	96	91	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	-3	-1	-1	-2	-4	13	13	9	-9	5	-7	-3	-1	-1	-1	0	1	2	2	2	3	-2
Chill °C (?)	-8	-6	-7	-9	-12	12	11	6	-17	0	-13	-8	-8	-8	-8	-6	-5	-4	-4	-3	-1	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	-	6	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 S	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NW	-	0.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	7	-	2	3	4	-	3	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	5

	Saturday 10	Sunday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	2.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	27	32	20	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	on	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	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	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-3	-3	-2	-1	8	11	13	-1	12	-2	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-5	-5	-6	-6	-7	-3
Chill °C (?)	-9	-8	-8	-7	-7	4	9	11	-7	9	-9	-9	-11	-11	-12	-12	-13	-13	-14	-14	-15	-12
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	10	5	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	2.2 NNE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6

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