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 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	2	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 E	0.8 SW	0.2 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	4	8	6	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	15	5	13	7	7	7
Energy(?)	57	402	39	599	280	506	697	11	6	6	5	20	1	58	26	19	35	36	17	117	77	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-8	-7	-5	-5	-5	-4	-11	-9	-7	-9	-2	-13	-3	-2	-5	8	2	11	14	14	14
Low °C	-13	-9	-9	-9	-8	-6	-10	-15	-9	-14	-13	-3	-14	-3	-4	-7	6	2	10	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	-20	-18	-15	-12	-12	-12	-12	-11	-9	-14	-15	-6	-18	-6	-4	-9	5	-3	8	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	8:25	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.4 W	0.2 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	8	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	-	15	5	13	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	10	-	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 W	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	8	4	8	6	7	8	-	-	2	-	4	3	5	5	5	4	5	4	-	2	-

	Wed	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.9 NW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	4	5	8	5	8	8	9	6	9	6	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	41	57	191	51	402	447	510	200	448	222	351	549	534	52	230	156	231	561	302	295	167	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-13	-13	-11	-19	-9	-8	-8	-10	-7	-9	-10	-9	-8	-12	-6	-12	-11	-8	-9	-11	-11	-8
Chill °C (?)	-24	-23	-21	-26	-19	-18	-18	-14	-16	-14	-15	-14	-11	-16	-12	-17	-17	-14	-15	-17	-18	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	10	10	10	-	10	7	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	11	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.9 NW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	4	5	8	5	8	8	9	6	9	6	8	8	8	5	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	6

	Wednesday 31	Thursday 01
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 W	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.2 WSW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	6	4	5	8	7	8	5	6	7	6	5	-	4	4	-	6	6	8	8
Energy(?)	35	40	41	1	37	57	153	763	191	49	4	415	306	35	0	17	12	0	95	109	784	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-13	-13	-13	-15	-14	-13	-13	-7	-11	-18	-13	-11	-12	-18	-16	-15	-13	-10	-9	-9	-5	-5
Chill °C (?)	-24	-24	-24	-24	-25	-23	-23	-16	-21	-26	-22	-20	-21	-25	-25	-23	-19	-19	-18	-18	-13	-13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	11	11	11	-	11	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	4	5	8	7	8	5	4	7	6	5	3	4	4	6	6	6	8	8

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