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

	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.7 N	2.0 N	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	6	8	8	11	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	6	5	6	7	5	-	-	7
Energy(?)	255	51	38	240	89	50	85	62	834	52	75	69	69	54	90	57	225	435	5	0	0	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-2	-1	0	4	5	4	-9	-6	0	5	7	4	7	0	-2	-3	-2	-10	-8	-7	-2
Low °C	-2	-2	-2	-1	1	4	3	-12	-7	-2	3	5	4	5	0	-5	-5	-4	-12	-11	-8	-3
Chill °C (?)	-7	-8	-8	-7	0	2	1	-15	-14	-6	3	6	3	4	-5	-7	-8	-7	-16	-12	-10	-7
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	6:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.1 W	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 NE
Period (s)	6	7	6	-	8	8	11	8	-	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	6	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	0.8 WSW	1.7 SW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 N	-	0.2 S	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.7 N	2.0 N	-	-	-	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	4	4	2	3	8	4	-	6	-	-	6	5	6	7	-	-	-	4

	Mon	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	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	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.7 W	1.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 SE	1.6 W	0.9 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	11	10
Energy(?)	324	255	202	153	51	221	38	51	137	240	357	47	409	108	50	52	54	85	93	482	104	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-2	-2	-1	-6	-2	11	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	0	-1	-3	5	4	3	4	4	-6	4	6
Chill °C (?)	-9	-8	-7	-12	-8	9	-8	-8	-7	-8	-8	-6	-8	-11	2	1	0	1	1	-11	1	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.7 W	1.0 SE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	5	6	5	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	-	1.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 NNW	1.6 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	1.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	-	6	6	5	6	6	7	3	8	4	4	2	-	2	2	8	2	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	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	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.2 ESE	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 SE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	4	7	7	4	5	5	6	6	4	6	6
Energy(?)	358	316	324	220	295	9	220	215	202	165	217	19	98	75	26	45	81	134	134	4	90	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	9	4	3	-	1	-
High °C	-2	-2	-2	-4	-2	7	-2	-1	-1	-1	-2	10	-2	-2	10	11	12	11	8	-1	7	7
Chill °C (?)	-9	-9	-9	-11	-8	4	-8	-7	-7	-7	-8	7	-7	-8	8	9	10	10	4	-6	3	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.2 NNE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	9	6	6	6	6	8	5	7	7	4	4	4	6	6	4	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	5	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	8	-	8	8	8	8	7	4	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	-	3	3

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