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

	Wed	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	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	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.8 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	-	-	-	3	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	-	8	8
Energy(?)	17	54	52	11	5	7	3	2	0	0	0	2	11	109	37	41	110	95	89	0	166	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 0.90	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	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	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-4	-1	0	-1	-1	-2	-3	0	1	1	1	0	-1	1	4	2
Low °C	-2	-1	-2	-4	-4	-2	-5	-4	-1	-2	-2	-2	-6	0	-1	0	0	-2	-2	0	1	0
Chill °C (?)	-8	-9	-9	-10	-9	-9	-10	-5	-4	-6	-8	-9	-10	-4	-4	-4	-3	-4	-8	-6	-1	-2
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SW	-	0.8 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	6	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	3	5	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	6	5	5	5	5	6	-	4	4

	Wed	Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29
	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	Out Front 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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 NW	0.2 W	-
Period(s) (?)	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	4	-
Energy(?)	62	17	23	35	54	40	52	39	19	11	12	7	5	7	7	4	3	3	2	112	2	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High 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	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	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-3	-3	-4	-4	-2	-2	-2	-4	-5	-5	-1	-4	-1
Chill °C (?)	15	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-11	-11	-12	-12	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-9	-5	-7	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	4	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	2	-	-	-	6	-	-

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	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	Out Front 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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	4.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	4	4
Energy(?)	68	0	0	0	23	17	19	20	23	32	29	35	42	55	54	47	48	40	40	3949	52	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High 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	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	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	2	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	18	-7	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-5	-9	-10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.3 NNE	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	4.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	4	4

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