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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NNW	0.6 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 W	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	1.4 NW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	10	7	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	333	32	1350	855	157	50	56	222	12	12	12	33	38	72	140	127	147	2	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		7:32AM 1.47	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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:39PM 1.07	11:35AM 1.07		12:20AM 0.97	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52PM -0.18	n/a n/a	12:59AM -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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		5:17AM 0.08	6:08PM 0.01		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-5	-3	-3	-2	4	4	1	-8	-7	-7	-14	-6	-3	-3	-4	-3	-3	-3	7	-9	-6
Low °C	-6	-6	-5	-4	-3	4	4	-1	-10	-8	-11	-17	-7	-4	-5	-6	-4	-6	-5	6	-11	-9
Chill °C (?)	-9	-14	-12	-9	-8	0	1	-4	-14	-14	-14	-23	-10	-10	-11	-10	-8	-6	-6	5	-16	-9
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	8	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	4	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	0.6 W	3.0 SSW	2.0 W	0.9 SW	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 W	1.4 NW	0.4 NE	-	1.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	8	10	7	-	-	6	-	-	2	6	5	6	6	6	6	3	-	5	-	-

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	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	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	1.9 WNW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 W	0.9 SW	0.8 W	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	11	10	6	7	6	8	9	8	10	9	7	8	6	6	7	10	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	111	342	71	54	55	316	106	1350	1399	844	855	483	157	121	81	104	145	44	56	67	68	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:49AM 1.37			n/a n/a
Low 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				2:38PM -0.19	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	-4	4	7	-4	-10	-12	-3	-4	-5	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	0	-1	4	4	4	4	-3
Chill °C (?)	0	-7	0	4	-4	-10	-18	-12	-13	-13	-11	-9	-9	-8	-8	-6	-9	0	1	2	2	-8
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	11	8	11	10	6	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	10	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	6	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	2	6	2	-	-	7	6	8	9	8	10	9	7	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 04
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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	2.5 W	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	2.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.2 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	5
Energy(?)	54	962	72	39	614	2039	545	65	43	40	25	25	23	29	32	38	85	60	68	68	65	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:55PM 1.20				n/a n/a
Low 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	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	0	4	5	-5	-5	-2	-13	-13	-12	-11	-9	-8	-7	-6	-5	-5	2	1	0	0	-9
Chill °C (?)	1	-6	0	2	-13	-14	-8	-24	-23	-21	-19	-16	-14	-13	-11	-11	-12	-4	-5	-6	-6	-18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	11	8	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	10	10	10	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	0.2 WSW	-	2.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.2 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	8	2	-	8	9	8	3	3	3	2	2	-	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	5

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