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

	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.3 NNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	0.1 E	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	-	0.9 NE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	4	3	3	5	8	8	12	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	-	6	-	-
Energy(?)	0	67	13	5	5	729	335	3	147	436	485	575	183	66	124	157	92	17	0	76	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	snow shwrs	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-10	-11	-9	-7	-6	-4	4	-8	-8	-7	-6	-6	-6	-5	-6	-5	-11	-11	2	-6	-2
Low °C	-9	-10	-12	-11	-8	-7	-4	3	-9	-8	-7	-7	-6	-7	-9	-9	-6	-19	-16	1	-7	-5
Chill °C (?)	-21	-22	-22	-18	-16	-14	-10	-1	-19	-18	-17	-15	-15	-15	-12	-10	-7	-19	-16	-2	-12	-6
Sunrise	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SW	1.2 W	0.8 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	11	6	5	-	-	4	10	10	10	10	8	7	-	-	-	4	-	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	9	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 N	1.3 NNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	-	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	-	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	3	3	3	8	8	3	8	8	9	9	-	3	7	6	6	5	-	6	-	-

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	4	3	8	7	4	8	4
Energy(?)	0	0	0	71	67	48	30	13	6	8	5	6	5	3	3	4	5	780	628	10	789	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-7	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-11	-12	-12	-12	-11	-9	-7	-8	-9	-12	-12	-6	-6	-11	-4	-10
Chill °C (?)	-17	-21	-21	-21	-22	-22	-22	-23	-23	-22	-21	-18	-16	-16	-17	-21	-22	-12	-12	-22	-8	-21
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.6 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	8	7	4	8	4

	Monday 29
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	0.9 NW	3.5 NW	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	4	11	4
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	82	71	73	67	67	60	57	6806	5743	31	3201	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-6	-7	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-10	-5	-7	-11	-5	-11
Chill °C (?)	-13	-15	-17	-19	-21	-21	-21	-21	-21	-20	-20	-21	-21	-21	-22	-22	-22	-14	-17	-23	-15	-22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	11	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	0.9 NW	3.5 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	4	11	4

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