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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Manitoulin Island Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	4.5 NNW	2.3 NW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	2.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 W	-	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	-
Period(s) (?)	-	10	8	6	8	9	7	6	5	9	9	8	7	4	5	8	8	7	-	10	7	-
Energy(?)	0	3279	589	126	422	465	148	37	62	78	98	978	70	10	5	478	321	95	0	22	332	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	-4	3	-2	-1	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	3	4	2	-9	-9	-10	-2	-2	0	-1	6	10	-8
Low °C	-4	1	-6	-1	-2	-2	-1	-1	-2	0	3	-4	-11	-9	-12	-2	-3	-2	-2	4	8	-8
Chill °C (?)	-11	-4	-9	-8	-9	-7	-7	-6	-7	-1	1	-4	-17	-15	-18	-10	-10	-6	-4	2	8	-16
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	6:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	5:12	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 S	-	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 W	-	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	4	9	9	6	10	-	5	8	7	7	-	10	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	4.5 NNW	2.3 NW	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 SW	0.9 N	0.5 N	2.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	8	6	8	9	7	6	5	5	4	8	7	4	4	8	8	6	-	6	-	-

	Sunday 30	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	-	-	3	3	5	5	8	7	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	233	0	0	4	3	53	46	596	233	80	75	263	422	483	548	465	313	266	148	56	37	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	high	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	-4	-4	-4	-4	8	8	-2	-1	-3	-5	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-6	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chill °C (?)	-3	-12	-11	-12	-12	4	5	-4	-1	-7	-5	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-7	-12	-7	-7	-6	-6
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.6 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	-	10	5	8	7	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	7	5	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.0 S	0.6 W	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	3	3	3	5	4	8	7	-	5	6	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6

	Sunday 30
	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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	2.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	7	8	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	7
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	12	17	370	660	1125	273	4	4	3	3	3	5	604	5	5	5	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	-4	-4	-4	-4	8	8	2	3	3	3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-1	-5	-5	-6	-7
Chill °C (?)	-5	-11	-12	-12	-12	4	4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-12	-12	-12	-12	-12	-12	-9	-13	-12	-13	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	4	11	8	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	2.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	7	8	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	3

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