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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Long Point Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.2 N	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	5	5	15	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	4	-	5	-	-	-	9
Energy(?)	6	202	3	12	7	189	207	25	4	0	0	0	0	133	82	24	0	1	0	0	0	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:26PM 1.03	9:40AM 1.23	n/a n/a	10:25PM 1.00	10:38AM 1.15	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		2:07PM 1.24	2:39AM 1.03		2:14PM 0.88	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM -0.16	3:27AM -0.06		n/a n/a		4:20AM 0.01	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	7:46AM 0.20		8:46PM 0.07	8:31AM 0.17		n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-2	-10	-3	-1	2	-2	-1	-4	-7	-7	-3	-5	-1	-3	-1	-1	-5	-4	-3	-8	0
Low °C	-11	-5	-12	-7	-2	0	-2	-4	-7	-8	-7	-5	-5	-2	-4	-1	-2	-8	-5	-5	-11	-1
Chill °C (?)	-16	-9	-17	-10	-7	0	-8	-1	-8	-14	-14	-9	-12	-6	-9	-1	-6	-13	-11	-10	-14	-7
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	4:44	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.7 NW	-	0.4 W	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	-	1.4 NW	1.2 N	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	3	6	-	4	6	7	6	3	3	4	3	2	-	6	5	4	6	3	-	-	-	5

	Sunday 07							Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.6 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	3	8	8	6	5	4	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6
Energy(?)	68	62	58	55	5	41	46	230	1	1	12	19	92	215	355	88	59	75	130	124	25	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			8:44AM 1.31		n/a n/a		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	10:57PM 1.23				10:38AM 1.15	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	2:35AM -0.11				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			5:05AM 0.01			n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	3	5	-6	5	5	-10	-12	-11	-7	-3	-3	-2	-3	-2	-2	1	3	4	-1	-4
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	3	-15	2	2	-17	-18	-17	-12	-10	-10	-9	-11	-8	-8	-3	2	1	-1	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	6	8	8	7	5	-	5	-	5	-	-	8	7	8	8	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	6	3	6	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	3	-	-	-	3	-

	Sunday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	4	6	5	5	6	6	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	6	5
Energy(?)	77	65	68	72	10	62	61	11	6	6	7	7	7	4	5	25	25	27	41	46	3	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					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	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35AM -0.11			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	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	-9	3	2	-2	-11	-11	-9	-7	-7	-6	-6	5	5	6	5	5	-10	-11
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	0	0	-16	0	-1	-7	-19	-20	-18	-16	-16	-15	-15	2	2	4	2	3	-17	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	-	6	5	5	6	6	-	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	6	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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