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

	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Out Front Virginia	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 Marias Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.2 E	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	2.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period(s)	-	6	8	8	9	5	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	7	7	7	-	-
Energy	0	206	1	2	245	38	33	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	12	192	583	131	104	90	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:30PM 0.99	3:16PM 0.44	3:31AM 0.49		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			9:34PM 0.07	9:29AM 0.13	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:04AM 0.02	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	3	7	-	1
High °C	16	23	13	11	9	12	14	6	7	7	9	11	9	13	11	11	12	9	15	15	5	4
Low °C	11	22	8	8	7	8	13	6	6	5	8	7	7	11	10	10	12	7	15	15	4	3
Chill °C (?)	15	23	11	8	6	10	12	4	6	6	9	10	9	13	8	7	10	5	13	14	1	2
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 W	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	9	4	18	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	7	7	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 SW	-	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	5	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	5	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	2.4 SE	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	7	6	8	3	-	3	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Naval Jetties Delaware	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.1 W	1.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.3 W
Period(s)	6	6	9	9	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	4	6	4
Energy	55	65	70	44	206	324	256	254	2	2	2	2	2	1	101	66	55	1	90	11	56	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:08PM 1.09	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			9:29AM 0.03		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	17	18	23	20	18	17	8	8	11	11	9	5	8	6	5	4	11	6	15	7
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	18	23	20	18	16	4	4	8	8	6	5	8	6	5	2	9	4	14	6
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.1 N	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	-	4	6	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	4	5	6	-	5	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 ESE	1.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	-	-	-

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Naval Jetties Delaware	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 S
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	7	9	8
Energy	51	56	60	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	194	306	1	0	1	32	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	11	11	11	14	14	10	12	13	14	14	14	24	23	23	13	19	11	18	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	9	8	9	13	13	8	10	11	12	12	12	24	23	23	11	19	8	18	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 E	0.3 S	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	7	4	4	4	5	4

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