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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	236	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1	-	-	1	2	4	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	7	6	9	10	11	11	13	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	11	6	5	6	7	6
Low °C	6	6	6	5	7	6	10	11	11	8	7	8	10	10	10	11	6	5	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	4	3	3	1	5	6	10	8	12	8	8	8	10	10	12	13	9	3	1	2	5	2
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:31	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7
Energy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	76	236	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	1	2	1	2
Temp. °C	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	6	7	9	10	8	7	6	11	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	4	2	4	2	2	3	3	2	5	4	1	1	2	5	6	4	3	2	10	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7

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	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	2	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Lake Huron United States	Lake Superior Canada
Lake Erie Canada	Lake Michigan	Lake Superior United States
Lake Erie United States	Lake Ontario Canada	Maryland
Lake Huron Canada	Lake Ontario United States

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