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

	Wed		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands 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	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Broadway New Jersey
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	1.1 S	1.4 S	-	-	2.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 N	1.8 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	-	7	7	-	-	8	6	3	6	9	8	5	-	11	10
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	322	2	2	0	131	206	0	0	654	44	8	246	2030	474	8	0	30	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	mod. snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-13	-17	-15	-4	-8	-4	-2	-3	8	10	-8	-9	-3	-6	-15	-9	-9	-11	-19	-24	-9	-6
Low °C	-15	-22	-20	-5	-13	-6	-3	-5	6	9	-12	-11	-5	-14	-16	-12	-15	-14	-20	-27	-10	-7
Chill °C (?)	-23	-28	-15	-12	-16	-11	-8	-8	4	8	-14	-9	-10	-11	-26	-20	-18	-16	-29	-35	-18	-13
Sunrise	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	4:38	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:55	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	4	10	7	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	8	5	-	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	-	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	2.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 N	1.8 WNW	3.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	7	6	6	3	7	-	2	3	8	3	3	6	9	8	2	-	4	4

	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15	Friday 16	Saturday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Erie Lake Erie	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	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	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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.3 S	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	89	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	94	0	0	9	2	2	2	8	1	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	3	-17	-18	-20	-22	-20	-15	-13	-14	-13	-3	0	-8	-6	-4	-3	-2	-3	-4	-5	-5
Chill °C (?)	4	1	-28	-28	-30	-32	-28	-15	-16	-19	-20	-10	-6	-16	-14	-11	-10	-8	-8	-9	-10	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	6	6	6	5	3	3	3	3

	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Erie Lake Erie	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	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	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
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	6	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	37	130	0	4	4	4	4	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	4	-13	-14	-15	-15	-16	-16	-17	-17	-18	-8	-8	-20	-20	-21	-22	-22	-22	-22	-20	-18
Chill °C (?)	2	1	-23	-25	-26	-26	-27	-27	-28	-27	-28	-14	-14	-30	-30	-31	-32	-32	-31	-30	-28	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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