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

	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona 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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	-	2.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	4	5	-	8	7	9	9	6	10	10	4	10	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	45	44	1	0	671	277	504	129	12	300	203	2	184	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	5	9	7	2	2	-	-
High °C	-1	-2	0	4	5	3	2	7	2	13	15	0	12	3	4	12	9	9	10	5	-6	0
Low °C	-1	-6	-3	3	3	3	2	6	-1	11	14	-2	11	2	3	11	6	7	10	-6	-7	-2
Chill °C (?)	-7	-7	-7	0	-1	-1	-4	4	2	11	13	-3	10	-2	-2	12	7	6	7	2	-13	-5
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	6:28	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 W	1.0 E	-	0.1 SW	-	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	-	8	-	7	9	6	10	10	4	10	-	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSE	-	2.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	7	-	8	7	9	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	7	4	5	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09	Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 N	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	8	5	5	6	6	4	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	8	9	6	6	8
Energy(?)	253	35	45	66	25	44	141	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	286	194	277	511	504	139	62	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	-1	-1	-2	-5	-6	-6	1	0	0	2	3	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	5	4	-1
Chill °C (?)	-5	-7	-7	-7	-10	-12	-13	-5	-7	-7	-5	-3	-1	-2	0	-1	-2	-4	-4	3	4	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	6	7	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	3	4	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	-	7	6	7	8	9	6	5	-

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	-	3	4	4	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	6
Energy(?)	401	0	1	9	17	35	47	0	45	46	39	66	24	0	25	24	29	44	63	10	16	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-2	-6	-5	-4	-2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-1	-2	-2	-4	0	-5	-6	-6	-6	-6	-4	-4	-5
Chill °C (?)	-7	-9	-9	-9	-8	-7	-7	-5	-7	-7	-8	-7	-8	-6	-10	-12	-12	-12	-12	-9	-9	-12
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	-	3	4	4	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	6

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