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 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	4	5	5	7	11	8	7	5	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	8	5	5	7	7	8
Energy(?)	9	5	16	70	401	3297	262	35	11	2	2	4	72	65	0	0	548	52	81	149	107	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.87	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	snow shwrs	clear	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-4	-5	1	3	-1	-15	-13	-20	-16	-14	-11	-6	-4	-1	1	1	3	10	11	9	14
Low °C	-11	-5	-8	-4	2	-15	-15	-15	-27	-20	-15	-14	-10	-6	-4	-2	-1	1	10	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	-14	-8	-9	-5	-3	-9	-24	-21	-27	-20	-14	-15	-13	-10	-7	-3	-4	0	8	10	8	13
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	5	4	5	-	-	11	8	-	5	4	4	4	6	5	-	-	8	-	5	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	7	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	-	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	7	11	3	7	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	8	5	4	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	8	7	5
Energy(?)	70	55	5	27	30	16	13	15	70	176	401	783	2458	3297	1860	619	262	221	35	395	309	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.05		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	cloudy	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light snow	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	-5	-4	-5	-6	-8	-7	-4	1	2	3	-1	-6	-9	-15	-15	-15	-13	-7	-9	-23
Chill °C (?)	8	8	-11	-8	-9	-9	-12	-12	-9	-5	-4	-3	-9	-15	-19	-25	-24	-24	-21	-12	-15	-30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	10	8	8	-	-	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	11	11	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	-	5	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	10	3	3	8	7	8	7	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	90	72	9	5	5	5	4	2	5	9	17	27	28	30	30	23	23	16	19	37	41	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off
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
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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	-11	-10	-8	-7	-7	-6	-5	-5	-5	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-7	-3	-3	-8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	-16	-15	-14	-14	-14	-12	-11	-11	-10	-8	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-9	-10	-9	-9	-13
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5

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