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

	Sun	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	0.7 S	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 NW	1.5 S	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	9	5	6	-	9	-	-	5	6	-	6	6	6	5	-	6	4	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	153	43	83	86	0	18	0	0	48	66	0	41	145	60	1	0	21	12	168	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	11	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	19	24	24	4	28	7	3	28	26	5	28	23	23	10	11	6	3	19	-3	0	1
Low °C	6	16	23	20	4	26	2	2	27	23	5	28	20	20	9	10	3	3	16	-4	-1	-2
Chill °C (?)	4	18	24	24	2	28	6	0	28	26	3	28	23	23	7	8	2	-2	18	-11	-7	-5
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.1 SW	-	0.8 E	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	6	-	9	-	-	9	6	-	8	8	6	5	-	5	-	4	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	8	-	-	6	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	-	-	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 S	-	0.9 SE	1.9 SSE	0.6 N	0.7 NW	1.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	5	6	4	5	-	-	5	6	2	6	6	-	5	6	3	4	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	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	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 W	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	8	-	-	7	7	7	6	5	9	10	5	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	6
Energy(?)	2	0	0	153	139	77	38	12	49	45	4	214	222	107	57	0	0	0	0	55	47	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	6	8	8	6	3	2	3	24	24	2	20	20	20	23	5	6	7	3	22	21	20
Chill °C (?)	0	2	4	5	3	0	-1	1	24	24	-2	20	20	20	23	2	4	6	1	22	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 W	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	9	10	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	6	5	5	5	9	9	-	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.8 S	1.1 S	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	7	4	5	5	-	5	6	-	6	6	-	-	3	3	-	-	6	6	6

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	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	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	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Wedge Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.9 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	78	81	371	100	141	162	67	115	96	77	43	40	43	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	5	6	6	6	7	8	12	13	8	14	14	15	14	4	3	3	2	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	-3	-2	0	2	2	2	3	4	9	10	5	12	12	13	12	2	0	0	-1	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.9 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	-	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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