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

	Sun		Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed				Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 W	0.4 W	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	5	7	5	5	4	6	6	5	-	-	-	8	7	6	11	12	13	12	11	-	-
Energy(?)	245	10	49	2	1	9	62	31	2	0	0	0	351	87	13	431	872	903	692	371	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	18	1	8	-4	-5	-4	-1	-2	0	4	7	7	5	2	1	15	17	18	21	20	3	5
Low °C	14	-2	5	-4	-11	-10	-1	-6	-4	3	5	4	4	0	0	15	16	16	20	18	3	4
Chill °C (?)	17	-5	5	-11	-12	-9	-8	-7	-6	0	3	2	1	0	-2	14	17	18	21	20	-1	5
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	6:28	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	7:39	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 W	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	7	5	5	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	6	7	6	11	12	13	12	11	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	2	-	4	6	4	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05	Monday 06	Tuesday 07	Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	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	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NNW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	-	2.0 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	3	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	3	2	5	-	9	4	5	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	6	136	245	212	151	120	5	67	5	1	66	2	1	1	0	613	9	40	62	43	28	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	18	14	13	13	9	-2	0	-5	-4	13	-5	-8	-10	-11	-2	-4	-1	-1	-2	-5	-6
Chill °C (?)	-8	17	13	12	12	6	-5	-4	-12	-11	12	-12	-16	-17	-16	-6	-9	-8	-7	-7	-10	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.5 SE	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	8	8	6	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	2.0 N	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	5	6	2	2	3	-	-	3	2	7	3	2	-	-	9	4	5	6	6	3	4

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	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	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NW	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.5 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	3	6	6	6	6	7	3	8	4	4	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	8	137	243	250	262	301	4	800	12	13	234	19	15	15	34	12	11	10	10	6	5	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	20	18	18	19	18	1	3	1	1	13	1	1	1	0	7	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	-8	19	17	17	18	17	-5	-3	-6	-5	11	-5	-4	-4	-4	4	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	10	8	8	7	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.5 NW	2.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	6	6	6	6	7	3	8	4	4	2	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

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