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

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	10	-	-
Energy(?)	296	174	119	89	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	197	0	231	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	1
High °C	19	19	20	21	23	16	14	17	16	14	19	15	17	20	19	19	23	20	19	20	16	15
Low °C	19	19	19	20	22	11	10	17	10	9	18	15	15	18	18	17	23	19	17	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	21	23	15	13	17	16	12	19	14	16	20	19	19	23	20	18	20	16	14
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	8	-	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	4	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	2	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Energy(?)	0	15	23	24	16	172	174	111	94	119	120	99	84	85	76	44	59	45	53	49	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	19	20	19	21	20	20	19	20	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	21	14	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	19	20	19	21	20	20	19	20	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	21	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	5	4	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	10	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	906	736	608	483	1087	373	373	344	250	215	176	261	220	220	174	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	17	16	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	20	19	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	16	21	20	19	20	18	19	19	19	17	17	20	19	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	5	5	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	0.8 SSE	2.1 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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