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

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	7	6	5	-	-	7	8	-	-
Energy(?)	1465	56	64	57	84	85	18	20	8	3	37	96	98	56	19	2	0	0	105	162	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	5	6	5	5	6	-10	-7	-8	-10	-2	-2	-1	2	0	2	-4	-7	8	9	-9	-12
Low °C	-5	3	6	3	3	5	-12	-9	-12	-15	-4	-2	-2	0	-1	0	-5	-10	6	7	-12	-13
Chill °C (?)	-12	3	5	2	2	3	-16	-14	-17	-16	-9	-9	-8	1	-4	-3	-12	-15	4	6	-15	-18
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 NE	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	9	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	9	7	6	5	-	-	7	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.9 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	5	6	5	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 W	1.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	9	7	7	9	9	6	6
Energy(?)	89	1465	1350	752	755	411	64	57	60	57	50	49	84	95	85	136	289	72	59	50	20	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	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- off	off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-12	-3	-4	-4	-3	-3	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	6	5	-4	4	4	3	-9	-7
Chill °C (?)	-17	-12	-13	-12	-10	-10	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	-9	1	0	0	-15	-14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	7	8	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	10	9	8	7	9	-	7	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	3	2	2

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	8	8	9	5	10	5	5	5	10	6	6	10	10	8	10	10	10	8	8
Energy(?)	208	273	508	816	1182	1465	99	63	80	80	108	68	111	109	56	56	1370	54	58	63	172	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	-11	-5	-5	-4	-4	-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	-1	5	5	6	-3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-19	-14	-14	-13	-13	-12	-4	-6	-4	-5	-5	-4	-3	-2	0	1	-8	3	3	4	-9	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 W	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	-	10	10	10	10	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	6	7	8	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	6

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