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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Erie Lake Erie	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.5 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 W	-	2.0 NNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	9	8	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	-	6	8	8	6	7	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	111	76	68	59	681	3	15	126	280	143	56	7	0	385	1220	441	138	308	29	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:28PM 1.06	8:44AM 1.31		9:41PM 1.13	n/a n/a		10:25PM 1.00	10:38AM 1.15		11:24PM 0.98	11:35AM 1.07	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
Low Tide / height (m)		2:38PM -0.19	2:35AM -0.11		3:29PM -0.16	3:37AM -0.06	n/a n/a	4:20PM -0.10		4:20AM 0.01	5:12PM -0.05		5:17AM 0.08	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	5	4	5	-1	-6	-2	-1	1	-1	-1	-3	-8	0	-2	0	1	-2	-6	-6	-11	-7
Low °C	3	4	2	2	-5	-11	-3	-2	-1	-2	-2	-7	-8	-2	-3	-1	-1	-4	-10	-10	-13	-11
Chill °C (?)	1	2	1	4	-8	-6	-9	-8	-6	-4	-1	-8	-17	-6	-8	-2	-1	-7	-10	-10	-18	-12
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	4:38	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	7	9	-	6	-	5	8	7	7	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	0.6 W	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	2.0 NNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	2	4	8	-	5	6	7	6	-	3	4	6	8	8	6	7	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	7	5	5	4	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	111	148	114	112	96	53	5	63	59	40	40	42	46	546	60	6	15	32	126	237	352	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	7:49AM 1.37				8:28PM 1.06		n/a n/a		8:44AM 1.31				9:26PM 1.03	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
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM -0.19				n/a n/a				3:29PM -0.16			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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	4	5	4	4	3	-10	2	2	5	6	6	5	-11	-9	-6	-2	-3	-2	-1	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	0	1	2	1	1	-2	-17	-2	0	4	3	4	2	-19	-15	-6	-9	-10	-9	-8	-8	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 N	0.8 NNW	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	7	5	-	-	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	6	6	6	-	6	3	3	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.7 N	0.7 NE	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	8	4	5	5	4	6	7	7	7

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	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Grand 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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	86	144	111	111	148	98	14	124	114	116	111	112	108	14	10	9	9	9	5	5	5	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:49AM 1.37						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	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a	2:38PM -0.19						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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	3	4	-7	5	5	4	4	4	4	-2	-4	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	0	0	1	-14	2	2	1	0	1	1	-2	-6	-16	-16	-16	-17	-17	-17	-16
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	9	9	9	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	5	5	5	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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