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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	-	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 ESE	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	-	-	1.2 S	-
Period(s) (?)	7	9	10	6	10	4	10	10	-	-	7	-	8	7	9	7	5	6	-	-	6	-
Energy(?)	279	479	191	12	310	1	146	191	0	0	2	0	644	589	18	254	66	57	0	0	128	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	11	3	1	-	-	6	6	-	10	5	-	-
High °C	2	2	8	1	13	1	10	14	3	3	6	10	3	11	24	11	11	26	10	12	22	0
Low °C	2	2	7	-1	13	-2	9	12	2	3	4	9	2	10	20	10	10	22	8	12	20	-1
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	6	1	11	-3	7	12	-1	-3	2	8	0	8	24	10	8	26	7	9	22	0
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	7:45	-	8:06	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.2 W	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	6	10	4	10	10	-	-	7	-	8	-	9	6	-	9	-	-	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 S	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	5	-	9	-	8	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 S	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 S	-	-	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	2	-	3	3	4	7	7	-	8	7	6	7	5	6	-	-	6	-

	Wed	Thursday 09	Friday 10	Saturday 11
	11PM	1AM	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	Alona Bay 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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	6	7	8	9	6	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	5	4	10	10	10	5	4
Energy(?)	0	0	178	173	279	484	479	72	162	79	287	342	240	7	2	2	2	250	308	190	4	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	0	8	8	10	2	2	1	0	14	15	14	0	2
Chill °C (?)	-1	-4	-2	-3	-4	-4	-4	2	1	-2	8	8	8	-2	-2	-3	-2	12	14	12	-3	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	-	5	7	6	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10	5	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	5	-	-	6	6	5	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	6	7	8	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	9PM	9PM	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	Alona Bay 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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	-	-	-	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2	0	0	0	1055	710	591	442	178	178	122	120	75	210	279	348	433	87	140	99	479	431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	9	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	6	7	7	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	1	0	5	-2	-1	2	2	2	-4	-4	-4	-4	3	4	4	-4	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	-	-	2.4 SSE	2.4 S	2.0 S	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	7	7	8	8	8	5	-	-	5	8	8	9	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	8	9	9	5	5	-	-	9	9	9	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	-	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	-	1.4 SW	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	-	6	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	9	9

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