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

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	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 E	0.8 S	0.2 E	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	6	4	8	-	5	7	6	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	-	10	4	9	7
Energy(?)	142	21	211	0	82	322	176	737	228	177	6	5	2	52	11	5	3	0	22	36	11	448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	some clouds	snow shwrs	clear	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	-7	-11	-9	-9	-6	-8	-10	-5	-6	-5	-6	-6	-8	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	4	5	7	10
Low °C	-8	-12	-13	-11	-7	-10	-14	-6	-7	-7	-7	-13	-12	-4	-7	-3	-3	-9	2	4	5	8
Chill °C (?)	-14	-22	-19	-18	-14	-15	-14	-11	-13	-5	-11	-13	-17	-11	-13	-11	-11	-11	0	2	3	7
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	4	-	10	10	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.5 W	-	0.3 NW	-	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	6	4	8	6	5	7	6	8	6	6	-	-	-	5	5	-	3	-	3	4	5	7

	Wednesday 31	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	6	5	4	8	8	5	8	9	9	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	5	6	6
Energy(?)	6	8	11	92	94	33	144	211	69	819	446	511	144	463	471	360	734	501	293	114	123	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-11	-10	-10	-8	-9	-12	-13	-13	-18	-9	-9	-8	-8	-7	-7	-8	-8	-10	-8	-10	-9	-10
Chill °C (?)	-20	-18	-20	-14	-14	-23	-24	-23	-26	-15	-20	-18	-14	-17	-16	-14	-14	-16	-11	-14	-14	-16
Sunrise	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	7	-	10	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	8	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	5	4	8	8	5	8	9	9	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	5	6	6

	Wednesday 31
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.7 W	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 NW	-	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	7	6	3	3	3	6	7	4	4	7	4	4	6	7	7	7	6	-	6
Energy(?)	5	5	6	313	269	8	8	9	142	483	12	10	278	16	21	97	195	154	74	127	0	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-11	-11	-11	-8	-8	-10	-10	-10	-7	-3	-11	-11	-3	-11	-11	-9	-3	-2	-4	-13	-14	-15
Chill °C (?)	-20	-20	-20	-17	-16	-18	-19	-19	-14	-10	-21	-21	-10	-22	-22	-15	-8	-10	-8	-22	-23	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.7 W	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.3 W	-	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	6	3	3	3	6	7	4	4	7	4	4	6	-	7	-	6	6	6

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