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

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.0 S	0.1 W	0.7 N	4.0 WNW	0.7 SE	3.0 S	2.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	6	-	8	7	5	3	9	10	8	8	10	12	6	5	5	5	6	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	359	51	0	1112	389	1	10	2767	88	1323	764	50	156	196	71	49	40	196	386	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	mod. snow	light snow	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	4	10	6	5	6	5	-11	-5	2	-2	0	6	10	-5	-4	-9	-6	-2	1	3	3	-7
Low °C	3	9	5	5	5	-12	-12	-5	-2	-4	-1	4	6	-5	-6	-12	-8	-5	-1	3	-6	-8
Chill °C (?)	0	8	0	-1	2	1	-21	-14	-4	-10	-6	1	7	-13	-10	-14	-12	-10	-5	-2	-3	-11
Sunrise	8:08	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	4:40	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.7 SE	0.1 W	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	1.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	10	-	9	7	5	-	-	10	8	7	10	6	-	-	-	6	5	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.1 NE	0.7 N	4.0 WNW	0.6 NW	3.0 S	2.4 SW	1.5 S	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	8	7	4	3	9	3	8	8	6	3	6	5	5	5	6	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18	Friday 19	Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	0.9 S	0.1 W	-	-	0.7 N	1.4 SE	-	-	-	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	6	6	7	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	5	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	7
Energy(?)	170	50	54	71	212	41	0	0	0	0	389	0	54	1	0	0	10	307	0	0	0	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	high	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	light snow	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	5	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-4	2	10	0	6	6	6	4	4	6	5	5	2	-8	-12	-12	9	-9	-13	-15	-6
Chill °C (?)	-11	-8	2	8	-4	3	1	1	-1	-1	2	0	1	-3	-16	-22	-23	6	-18	-21	-21	-11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 E	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	-	3	7

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.9 NW	0.4 SE	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	0.3 SE	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	7	10	9	5	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	5	6	6	7	9	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	376	216	359	25	2682	54	0	0	0	0	21	29	49	107	209	372	675	25	1332	1598	1635	754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-3	4	7	5	9	-2	-1	0	1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	0	6	1	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-9	-10	0	3	-1	5	-8	-7	-6	-5	-7	-7	-8	-8	-8	-8	-7	3	-6	-4	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	9	5	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	1.9 NW	1.1 SSW	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	0.2 NNW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	3	3	7	5	9	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	2	8	8	8	7

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