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

	Sun		Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.6 ESE	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.0 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	9	4	10	9	8	7	7	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1067	1801	29	1793	757	574	379	72	23	31	21	10	29	125	27	4	357	65	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	11	2	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	10	11	13	10	10	10	12	10	9	8	6	8	8	7	6	2	18	17	3	2	3	5
Low °C	9	8	13	9	10	9	11	7	7	7	5	7	6	6	5	0	16	17	3	-2	0	4
Chill °C (?)	6	7	11	6	6	7	10	8	5	3	1	5	5	4	2	-4	17	16	-3	-5	-2	0
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.5 WNW	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	11	10	-	6	4	4	-	6	5	-	5	6	6	11	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.6 ESE	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 SSW	1.7 SE	0.7 NNE	2.0 S	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	4	10	9	8	7	7	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	3	7	3	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 02	Monday 03	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
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	Dewey Beach Delaware	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	5	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	7	5	6	6
Energy(?)	1067	1771	2179	1801	2450	1995	1912	1951	60	305	936	757	658	546	441	356	213	57	174	62	38	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	9	10	11	8	8	8	9	9	13	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	7	3	3	3	4	4	12	13	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	10	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	1.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	8	7	10	4	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	-	6	8	-	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	-	5	6	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.9 ENE	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	5	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	5	7	5	6	6

	Sunday 02	Monday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
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	Dewey Beach Delaware	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	9	9	10	8	10	10
Energy(?)	644	867	1067	1379	1529	1771	1938	1926	16	17	2008	1801	1814	2192	2450	2390	2756	2851	1881	1641	1912	1946
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	14	14	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	6	4	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	8	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	2	3	9	9	9	10	11	11	9	9	10	8	10	10

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