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

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			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	Ocean City 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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	-	1.1 W	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	4	5	5	5	5	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	2	5	7	-	7	7	-	-	-
Energy(?)	75	9	37	69	1	3	0	400	0	0	0	260	0	1	17	157	0	149	73	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:11AM 1.12		11:07PM 1.12	11:01AM 1.03	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)		4:48PM -0.12		4:50AM 0.02	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	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	25	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	2	2	3	3	5	3	4	-5	0	0	16	-7	-7	0	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	-13
Low °C	12	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	-5	-3	-1	14	-8	-10	-11	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	-11	-13
Chill °C (?)	12	-2	-3	-2	-2	2	-3	-2	-9	-6	-7	15	-16	-15	-6	-7	-5	-5	-7	-4	-3	-24
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.5 S	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	6	5	5	4	-	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	7	-	6	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.6 NNE	1.9 W	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.5 S	0.7 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	5	-	3	7	3	4	5	8	3	2	5	7	6	7	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	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	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City 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	Holland Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.2 W	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.5 N	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	4	-	-	3	7	7	6
Energy(?)	132	71	53	48	33	37	58	74	69	69	1	0	13	3	0	1	0	0	4	238	213	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		10:26AM 1.23			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)				4:38PM -0.11	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	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	6	10	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	11	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	2	3	2	1	3	1	-1
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	10	-3	-3	-3	-4	-3	-2	-2	-1	1	2	2	-3	-3	-4	-4	0	-3	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	2	3	3	3	3	7	7	6

	Wednesday 07																Thursday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Ocean City 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	Holland Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	150	75	75	108	10	11	10	6	9	16	23	30	29	31	33	42	38	37	46	64	45	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:11AM 1.12	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	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	14	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	13	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-1	-5	-6
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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