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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.1 E	0.9 E	2.4 S	2.1 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.2 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 E	-	1.0 NW	0.6 E	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-
Period(s)	-	8	9	8	8	7	6	10	4	-	5	9	-	5	9	-	3	10	9	9	-	-
Energy	0	171	133	663	597	177	28	200	1	0	42	107	0	52	62	0	1	39	88	70	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:16PM 1.44		6:30AM 1.41	7:00PM 1.52		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	7:55AM 1.36		8:16PM 1.62	8:34AM 1.32	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)	11:44AM 0.03		12:07AM 0.08	12:28PM 0.02		12:56AM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:45PM 0.03		2:23AM 0.00		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:53PM 0.08	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:29PM 0.12	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	13	11	9	4	4	4	12	3	3	7	14	3	6	12	3	3	11	10	15	4	4
Low °C	7	12	10	4	3	3	4	12	2	3	6	9	1	6	12	3	3	7	7	13	3	4
Chill °C (?)	10	12	9	6	-1	2	2	10	-1	1	4	13	-1	3	10	0	-2	8	7	13	0	0
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:50	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.9 E	1.5 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	9	8	6	7	6	10	4	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	10	9	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	-	2.4 S	2.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SE	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.4 S	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	8	-	8	8	7	5	4	-	-	5	4	-	5	3	-	3	-	3	3	-	-

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 E	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	10	10	10	7	8	5	10	7	6	10	6	6
Energy	572	491	511	181	151	148	1	247	292	133	200	265	270	456	597	83	230	177	109	179	28	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	-	-
High Tide / height (m)				5:41AM 1.42			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:30AM 1.41		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:47AM 1.17	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11PM 0.12				11:44AM 0.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:07AM 0.08				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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	8	8	12	13	15	11	12	11	10	10	12	4	3	7	10	4	4	10	4	4
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	5	11	12	13	9	11	10	8	8	11	-1	-3	4	9	3	4	9	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	9	6	7	-	-	9	10	10	10	7	6	8	10	7	7	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	8	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	-	1.0 E	1.6 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.2 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	-	9	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	7	8	5	-	7	6	-	5	6

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	4	4	8	8	9	9	-	-	5	9	-	-	9	7	8
Energy	211	189	572	577	582	491	0	25	26	511	170	181	181	0	0	62	587	0	0	220	1	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:41AM 1.42				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)				11:11PM 0.12			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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	11	12	11	11	14	16	11	15	14
Chill °C (?)	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	5	6	9	10	8	9	12	14	9	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	1.2 E	-	-	1.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	5	5	4	4	-	9	-	-	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	0.9 SE	2.2 ESE	-	1.6 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	8	-	4	4	8	-	9	9	3	3	5	9	5	7	-	6	7

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