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

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	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	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	3.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	8	6	6	5	-	-	6	9	-	-	8	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	0	899	106	28	4	0	0	41	63	0	0	3	2	0	171	61	241	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	14	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	7	2	5	4	2	6	7	18	16	12	18	7	9	6	6	6	10	7	8	8	5
Low °C	-3	5	1	2	3	1	2	5	14	13	11	14	6	8	5	6	6	9	5	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	-4	3	-4	2	1	1	6	6	18	16	10	18	3	6	4	3	4	7	6	8	8	5
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	5	5	-	-	6	9	-	-	8	8	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	5	7	-	7	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	2.3 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period(s) (?)	6	7	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	6	-	-
Energy(?)	70	153	0	5	12	0	481	0	0	0	106	53	28	16	5	4	1	1	0	50	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	-1	0	0	1	2	1	5	4	4	5	4	3	2	1	2	1	2	6	15	7	9
Chill °C (?)	-3	-5	-4	-3	-2	-4	-6	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	-2	-1	6	15	6	8
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSE	2.3 S	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	3	4	5	7	-	-	-	5	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	2.0 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	8	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	9	7	7
Energy(?)	118	507	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	9	12	21	0	0	0	13	481	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	-1	-4	-5	-4	-3	-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	9	1	1
Chill °C (?)	-5	-6	-7	-5	-4	-3	-4	-5	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-4	-4	6	-6	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	0.7 NNW	2.3 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	7	7

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