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

	Tue	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	-	2.0 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	4	5	-	8	7	8	9	6	10	10	4	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	6
Energy(?)	43	1	0	480	310	417	173	12	341	216	2	194	148	0	0	0	0	335	0	0	81	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	4	6	3	3	-	-	-
High °C	-3	0	2	5	3	2	7	1	13	14	1	13	11	3	16	5	8	12	6	-7	28	25
Low °C	-7	-4	0	3	3	2	6	-2	11	13	-1	13	10	3	15	4	5	10	-3	-8	25	18
Chill °C (?)	-8	-6	-5	-1	-2	-4	5	1	11	12	-2	11	10	-3	14	2	6	10	4	-15	28	25
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:42	7:45	-	8:23	-	-	7:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	2.0 S	-	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	0.1 SW	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	-	8	-	6	9	6	10	10	4	10	10	-	5	-	-	7	-	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSE	0.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	4	7	8	3	7	8	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	5	-	-	5	6

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	5	7	6	4	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	7	8	8	6	6	8	10	10
Energy(?)	43	214	31	43	123	0	1	0	0	0	0	480	93	108	310	518	417	89	89	72	279	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	1	-6	-7	-7	1	0	0	2	3	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	-1	8	8
Chill °C (?)	-7	-3	-12	-14	-14	-4	-6	-7	-5	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-3	-4	-4	2	3	-1	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	-	6	6	6	6	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	4	4	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	3	5	6	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	5	7	5	5	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6
Energy(?)	39	328	43	46	50	0	44	67	31	27	28	43	67	85	123	143	171	23	32	300	134	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-2	-1	-2	-2	0	-4	-5	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-5	-4	-2	-1	2	2
Chill °C (?)	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-5	-8	-9	-12	-12	-12	-14	-14	-14	-14	-13	-12	-10	-8	-8	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	5	7	5	5	6	-	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6

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