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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 SE	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 W	0.4 W	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	4	8	6	5	5	4	6	6	5	-	-	-	8	7	6	10	10	11	12	-	-
Energy(?)	219	12	88	4	2	1	9	62	31	2	0	0	0	353	87	13	307	450	444	647	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	1	13	-2	-4	-5	-4	-1	-2	1	5	9	4	6	3	2	15	15	17	19	3	4
Low °C	16	1	6	-5	-4	-11	-10	-1	-7	-4	4	5	4	4	2	1	15	14	15	19	1	3
Chill °C (?)	17	-5	12	-7	-11	-13	-9	-8	-7	-5	1	4	-2	3	0	-1	14	15	17	19	-2	0
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.9 SE	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 W	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	8	6	5	5	-	-	6	5	-	7	-	6	7	6	10	10	11	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	5	6	-	-	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	3	3	2	-	4	6	4	6	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05	Monday 06	Tuesday 07
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	1.2 SSE	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	2.3 N	2.0 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	7	6	5	3	2	5	9	9	4	5	6	6
Energy(?)	2	6	6	141	660	212	159	10	5	67	47	1	2	2	1	1	817	613	9	40	62	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	0	-1	18	13	12	13	-1	-2	0	8	-4	-4	-5	-8	-10	-2	-3	-4	-1	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	-6	-7	-8	17	12	11	12	-4	-5	-4	4	-11	-11	-13	-16	-17	-7	-7	-9	-8	-7	-7
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	7	6	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	5	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	1.2 SSE	2.1 S	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	2.3 N	2.0 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	7	-	2	-	-	-	4	2	2	3	2	-	9	9	4	5	6	6

	Sunday 05	Mon
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	2.4 W	1.4 S	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	-	2	3	6	6	6	6	3	3	7	6	3	3	3	4	4	6	6	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	0	1	2	116	209	199	199	8	6	578	171	3	4	7	12	13	66	46	15	15	34	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	1	18	16	16	17	-1	-1	3	19	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	1	1	1	0
Chill °C (?)	-5	-5	-6	17	14	14	16	-8	-8	-3	18	-5	-5	-6	-6	-5	3	3	-5	-4	-3	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	2.4 W	1.4 S	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	6	6	6	6	3	3	7	6	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	5	-	6	-

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