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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Austin Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	0.9 NNE	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	11	-	-	-	5	6	7	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	4	12	12	-	-
Energy(?)	119	254	0	0	0	90	187	224	115	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1236	34	1194	1083	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:29PM 1.22	8:35AM 1.25		8:42PM 1.12	10:48AM 0.48	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		12:18AM 1.20	12:42PM 0.88		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM -0.11	2:30AM -0.21		2:49PM -0.14	3:10AM -0.08	5:12AM -0.04	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	6:02PM -0.06		6:52AM 0.09	6:58PM 0.09	n/a n/a	8:20AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light snow	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	-3	2	2	8	11	12	1	-5	-3	-3	-3	-2	-3	-7	-1	-6	1	3	-11	-8
Low °C	8	14	-4	-1	2	6	10	12	-6	-10	-7	-3	-7	-2	-9	-10	-1	-10	0	3	-12	-10
Chill °C (?)	10	13	-11	-3	-3	4	9	10	-4	-10	-7	-7	-6	-6	-7	-14	-9	-13	-5	-2	-20	-16
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	-	6	10	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	-	-	-	10	10	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	5	6	5	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	3	-	-

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	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	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Stockton New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSW	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	5	7
Energy(?)	145	122	215	203	236	260	261	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105	292	174	72	90	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.27				8:04PM 1.09			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	9:46AM 1.39				n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			2:19PM -0.10					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			3:24PM -0.12		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	14	13	13	12	12	-3	-1	2	2	2	-1	1	1	1	8	10	12	12	-1	9
Chill °C (?)	5	9	13	11	11	10	12	-10	-8	-3	-3	-3	-5	-4	-5	-6	6	8	10	10	-3	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	11	5	12	12	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	7	7	4	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	12	6	6	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	5	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 S	0.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	4	5	6	3	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	3	5	3

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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	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Stockton New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	12
Energy(?)	136	108	119	135	232	199	247	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	134	259	179	0	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.27	8:52AM 1.42						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	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				2:39AM -0.09	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	8	10	10	11	13	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-4	-4	-3	-3	10	11	12	10	-6	7
Chill °C (?)	5	4	5	7	7	8	11	-10	-10	-10	-10	-11	-12	-12	-11	-11	8	9	11	9	-12	4
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	7	7	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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