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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	56	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	8	8	9	13	17	14	16	8	8	11	14	14	6	7	10	9	8	9	14	14	13	13
Low °C	8	8	8	10	17	5	12	7	7	8	14	6	5	6	8	9	8	8	11	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	5	6	7	12	17	12	15	4	8	11	14	13	2	3	8	8	6	9	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	5
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	56	0	0	53	0	0	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	8	8	8	17	9	8	8	8	10	13	17	17	10	7	8	8	16	7	7	18
Chill °C (?)	6	4	5	5	6	17	7	6	6	5	8	12	17	17	7	4	4	4	15	2	2	18
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.8 NNE	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	5	-	-	5

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	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Holland Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	-	-
Period(s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-
Energy	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	66	66	52	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	16	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	17	15	15	9	8
Chill °C (?)	6	15	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	18	17	15	15	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-

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