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

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue				Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Point Burwell Lake Erie	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 NW	1.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.3 W	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 W	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	7	2	6	5	8	6	3	2	4	5	-	-	9	8	10	6	6	-	10	-	-
Energy(?)	1867	1	2	156	33	110	6	5	1	4	26	0	0	2094	1415	1063	143	72	0	99	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	light snow	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	6	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	15	-	2	-	-	-	16	3
High °C	1	3	3	17	1	14	0	-2	-5	-5	-1	1	2	3	6	2	9	15	-8	17	3	4
Low °C	1	1	1	16	1	6	0	-3	-11	-10	-1	0	1	1	4	2	8	14	-12	16	-2	3
Chill °C (?)	-5	-2	0	15	-5	13	-4	-8	-13	-8	-8	-4	-4	-4	0	-4	5	14	-16	16	-2	4
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:10	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	7:38	-	8:16	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	-	8	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	8	-	8	-	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.4 NW	1.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 W	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	2	6	5	4	3	3	2	4	5	-	-	9	8	10	6	6	-	4	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 04	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Tower Road Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Port Austin Lake Huron	Union 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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 E	3.0 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	0.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	6	6	9	8	-	2	4	4	4	4	7	7	8	6	6	5	7	6
Energy(?)	120	67	77	49	135	52	1499	1	0	2	25	32	26	25	578	255	232	26	15	9	48	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	19	18	18	21	9	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	15	14	14	0	0	0	8	-2
Chill °C (?)	-2	18	17	18	21	6	0	0	-2	-3	-5	-7	-7	-5	14	14	14	-4	-4	-4	5	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.1 S	-	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSE	0.2 W
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	5	5	5	-	10	-	7	7	8	6	6	5	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	7	7	8	10	-	-	8	4	-	5	-	-	-	8	8	8	5	-	-	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	0.3 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 E	3.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 S	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	6	6	3	6	6	9	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	7	-	2	-	-	-	4	3

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	Tower Road Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Port Austin Lake Huron	Union 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	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.6 NE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	10	10	6	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	7	5	8
Energy(?)	119	37	19	19	104	10	532	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	103	107	0	0	2	78	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	20	20	20	20	1	1	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	0	21	22	22	1	1	2	22	3
Chill °C (?)	-2	20	20	20	20	-4	-5	-6	-5	-6	-7	-8	-8	-7	21	22	22	-5	-5	-3	22	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	8	-	-	7	9	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	5	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	-	-	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 NE	2.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 S	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	5	5	6	6	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

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