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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Great Lakes Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Great Lakes Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Great Lakes Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Great Lakes Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Great Lakes Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Great Lakes Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Great Lakes Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Great Lakes Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Great Lakes Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Great Lakes Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Assateague 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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Port Colborne Lake Erie	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Long Point Lake Erie	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 NW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	5	4	15	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	-	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	79	6	202	3	11	8	149	207	25	4	0	0	0	551	388	234	138	0	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:59AM 1.43	n/a n/a	9:26PM 1.03	9:40AM 1.23		n/a n/a	10:53AM 1.26		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	2:07PM 1.24	n/a n/a		2:14PM 0.88	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	2:35AM -0.11		n/a n/a	3:27AM -0.06		4:20PM -0.10	n/a n/a	4:30AM 0.01	5:12PM -0.05	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	8:41AM 0.19		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	-8	-2	-11	-3	-1	2	-1	-1	-1	-8	-4	-2	0	-1	-1	-6	-3	-9	-5	-4	-8
Low °C	2	-11	-4	-12	-6	-2	0	-2	-2	-5	-8	-7	-7	0	-1	-3	-7	-4	-11	-7	-6	-12
Chill °C (?)	1	-16	-9	-18	-10	-7	-1	-4	-1	-3	-16	-12	-10	-4	-4	-5	-12	-9	-16	-11	-10	-15
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	1.7 NW	-	0.4 W	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	6	-	4	6	7	6	3	3	4	3	2	7	6	7	6	6	3	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.6 NNW	0.8 N	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	9	9	8	3	8	8	6	7	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	6	8	6
Energy(?)	99	53	9	62	58	55	5	42	46	230	62	1	11	21	92	215	355	58	485	63	102	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	low	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 1.06		n/a n/a		8:44AM 1.31		n/a n/a		9:26PM 1.03	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	10:57PM 1.23	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	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	4:30AM 0.01		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	3	-8	2	2	5	-6	4	4	-10	-9	-11	-6	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	3	3	-1
Chill °C (?)	1	-1	-14	-2	0	3	-15	0	2	-16	-15	-17	-9	-10	-9	-9	-10	-8	-10	0	3	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	5	9	9	8	6	8	8	7	7	-	5	5	5	-	-	7	6	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 N	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	3	6	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 N	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.6 W
Period (s)	2	3	2	4	-	-	3	-	-	6	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	3	8	-	-	6

	Saturday 06				Sunday 07
	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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	7	7	5	8	8	6	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	8	6	8	8	5
Energy(?)	88	66	15	77	94	79	9	62	66	31	1	10	10	10	6	6	7	30	7	37	39	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:43PM 1.16	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		n/a n/a			n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a				n/a n/a	2:45AM -0.12		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		3:29PM -0.16	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	-8	4	4	3	-7	2	2	-4	-4	-11	-12	-12	-11	-11	-10	3	-7	5	6	-6
Chill °C (?)	0	0	-11	1	1	-1	-10	-2	-2	-4	-8	-18	-20	-20	-19	-19	-18	0	-16	2	4	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	7	7	5	8	8	-	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	8	6	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	9	9	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	2	2	-	2	3	3	-	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	-	3	-	-	3

List of all animated swell maps

Delaware	Lake Huron United States	Lake Superior Canada
Lake Erie Canada	Lake Michigan	Lake Superior United States
Lake Erie United States	Lake Ontario Canada	Maryland
Lake Huron Canada	Lake Ontario United States

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None