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

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	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	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	3.5 NW	0.2 W	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	2.0 S	1.2 E	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	9	6	5	5	10	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	9	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	27	561	2088	3	65	23	49	0	65	3	2	0	0	0	364	160	500	118	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	3	-8	-4	2	6	-11	2	-3	-1	-5	-1	1	3	9	-7	-7	-10	-9	-11	-8
Low °C	1	1	-5	-13	-4	-10	5	-12	-3	-5	-3	-8	-4	0	0	9	-7	-10	-10	-9	-12	-9
Chill °C (?)	-3	-5	-4	-14	-10	-3	1	-18	-4	-10	-7	-12	-7	-6	-3	5	-18	-18	-20	-18	-20	-14
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	6	5	5	10	-	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	11	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	3.5 NW	-	1.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 N	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	0.5 S	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	9	-	5	4	4	3	4	6	6	5	5	6	7	4	9	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23	Wednesday 24	Thursday 25
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.0 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.6 E	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	5	6	8	9	8	7	6	8	7	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	10	-
Energy(?)	0	0	27	128	561	520	141	41	67	413	105	16	65	71	49	23	10	5	2	0	92	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	0	1	3	2	1	-5	-12	-1	-5	-5	-8	-4	-4	-1	2	-3	-10	-13	-12	6	-12
Chill °C (?)	-4	-5	-4	-3	-5	-6	-13	-20	-5	-10	-10	-14	-10	-10	-6	-3	-10	-19	-21	-18	2	-18
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.0 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	10	8	7	6	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 WNW	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	8	9	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Tuesday 23
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	8
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	42	72	97	128	263	425	561	646	617	520	366	219	19	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	-2	10	-7
Chill °C (?)	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-5	-4	-4	0	-2	-2	-3	-3	-4	-5	-5	-5	-6	-8	-10	8	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	10	10	8	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	3	3	3

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