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 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	2.2 S	0.9 SSE	-	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	8	8	-	6	8	6	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	3	1	17	0	48	0	0	0	856	90	0	116	404	227	120	53	50	12	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	28	5	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	4	6	3	17	-5	-1	0	16	11	-8	-1	0	1	1	1	2	-3	-14	-13	-16	-14
Low °C	2	3	4	3	14	-6	-4	-1	12	9	-9	-8	-2	0	0	0	2	-14	-16	-15	-19	-18
Chill °C (?)	-2	0	4	-3	16	-9	-6	-5	15	10	-16	-7	-6	-4	-4	-3	-1	-10	-24	-22	-26	-22
Sunrise	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.1 SW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	11	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	-	5	6	5	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	0.8 N	1.0 S	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	2.2 S	-	-	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.8 W	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	4	5	-	3	4	8	-	-	6	8	6	7	-	6	3	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08	Friday 09	Saturday 10
	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.6 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	1.1 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	5	5	-	5	5	-	4	-	3	3	2	7	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
Energy(?)	49	57	3	2	1	0	1	17	0	1	0	7	3	1	113	45	61	0	0	56	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	high	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	9	9	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	0	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	3	3	1	-1	1	17	16	-5	-4	0	0	-1
Chill °C (?)	-4	-5	-3	-2	-2	0	0	1	4	5	-3	-3	-6	-6	-2	17	16	-10	-9	-4	-5	-7
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	0.1 E	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	-	2	3	4	3	3	2	-	5	5	3	3	5	4	4

	Thursday 08
	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	5	-
Energy(?)	48	48	49	47	57	57	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	10	7	0	0	0	1	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	10	8	8	4	4	3	4	5
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	-4	-3	-5	-5	-5	-4	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	4	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	5	-	5	-

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