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

	Sat	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	3	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.5 N	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	-	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.2 W	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	-	6	4	5	7	3	9	5	6	-	8	-	-	8	9	10	6	11	11	-	10	10
Energy(?)	0	226	14	10	48	5	1392	8	38	0	1075	0	0	1106	283	562	4	800	439	0	200	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	18	1	1	8	-3	5	-4	-1	0	-1	3	5	10	12	13	-4	16	17	0	20	19
Low °C	1	17	1	-2	5	-4	-2	-10	-1	-1	-3	2	4	9	11	12	-10	15	15	-1	19	17
Chill °C (?)	0	17	-5	-5	5	-10	1	-10	-8	-5	-8	-2	0	6	10	12	-9	15	16	-2	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	6:28	-	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.2 W	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	7	-	5	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	6	11	11	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 N	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	-	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	-	4	3	9	5	6	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 04	Sunday 05	Monday 06	Tuesday 07
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 W	2.0 N
Period(s) (?)	8	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	5	7	5	6	7	7	3	2	-	5	9
Energy(?)	731	284	0	0	3	11	9	5	259	209	163	10	87	5	7	40	49	3	1	0	1	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high	low	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	17	13	13	-1	6	-2	-4	12	13	-5	-8	-10	-11	-3
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	-3	-4	-5	-7	-7	-5	16	12	12	-4	2	-6	-10	10	12	-13	-16	-17	-16	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	8:14	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	5	7	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	8	-	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SW	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	2.0 N
Period (s)	8	6	3	-	3	3	3	3	6	-	2	-	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	-	-	9

	Saturday 04	Sunday 05
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.6 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 S	1.6 S	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	2	3	6	6	3	3	3	3	7
Energy(?)	858	415	0	0	0	0	0	0	177	183	166	0	191	1	3	148	203	11	9	9	9	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	19	18	18	2	17	1	1	17	16	0	0	0	0	4
Chill °C (?)	-1	-5	-2	-3	-1	0	-1	-2	18	17	17	-4	16	-5	-5	16	14	-7	-7	-7	-7	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	4	4	4	-	4	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	8	8	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.6 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 S	1.6 S	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	-	6	2	3	6	6	3	3	3	3	7

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