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

	Fri	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	48th Street Maryland	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Indian River (Northside) Delaware
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 W	-	1.2 S	1.3 N	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.1 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	4	7	7	6	7	9	8	7	6	6	6	-	7	6	3	6	6	-	5	9
Energy(?)	0	0	34	376	118	268	251	541	226	105	96	84	22	0	134	108	3	178	108	0	68	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	18	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-2	0	15	13	8	-4	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	-13	8	-8	-11	-6	-9	-5	-2	-3
Low °C	-3	-2	12	8	5	-7	-2	0	2	1	1	2	-12	-14	8	-10	-16	-6	-11	-10	-2	-4
Chill °C (?)	-5	-5	13	12	5	-12	-6	-3	-2	-1	-4	-3	-3	-24	5	-18	-15	-12	-16	-11	-10	-10
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 S	0.5 W	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.7 N	0.4 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	7	-	-	6	5	7	7	6	6	-	11	-	-	6	6	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	5	-	-	6	8	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	0.4 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.2 S	1.3 N	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	3	4	7	3	6	7	9	8	3	6	4	4	4	7	6	3	6	6	-	5	6

	Fri	Saturday 10	Sunday 11	Monday 12
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNW	0.9 S	1.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	7	5	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	3	5	5	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	113	43	346	56	0	0	0	0	101	247	237	118	96	77	74	3	54	55	549	679	541	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	12	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	16	1	-1	-2	0	0	-2	9	12	10	7	8	5	6	-4	0	-8	-1	0	0	2
Chill °C (?)	1	15	-3	-5	-7	-5	-6	-9	7	11	8	4	5	0	2	-9	-6	-12	-8	-7	-6	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	-	-	5	5	5	4	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	7	-	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	5	5	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	1.8 WNW	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 S	1.6 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	5	8	-	3	4	4	4	6	7	-	3	2	3	4	3	5	5	9	9	9	9

	Friday 09	Saturday 10
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	1.0 S	4.0 W	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	5	10	9	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	222	48	3238	676	0	0	0	0	22	28	21	17	17	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	18	5	4	-3	-3	-2	-2	12	13	12	10	10	9	11	-1	0	1	0	0	0	-1
Chill °C (?)	1	18	0	0	-3	-3	-5	-5	11	12	10	8	8	6	9	-6	-5	-4	-5	-6	-6	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	7	3	11	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	4.0 W	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

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