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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	0.7 S	1.2 N	0.4 NNW	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	3.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	8	6	4	3	10	9	7	9	12	9	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	5	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1	30	51	3	279	117	682	51	190	1721	19	40	85	253	112	396	20	2	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	-10	-9	1	2	1	7	9	-2	-4	1	3	1	2	2	6	-1	1	3	3	3
Low °C	6	-9	-11	-11	-1	0	-3	5	6	-4	-6	-5	2	1	1	1	4	-3	1	2	3	3
Chill °C (?)	1	1	-20	-19	-5	2	-5	2	6	-10	-10	-6	-3	-5	-3	-4	3	-7	-4	0	-1	0
Sunrise	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.7 S	-	-	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	10	9	7	9	12	-	-	6	5	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	0.9 NNE	1.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 WSW	2.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	4	3	4	3	7	5	5	9	5	5	6	6	6	7	4	2	3	-	-	-

	Thursday 18	Friday 19	Saturday 20	Sunday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	-	1.3 S	0.7 S	0.2 S	1.4 N	1.2 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	-	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	6
Energy(?)	1	0	127	30	2	74	51	18	3	0	0	0	92	108	119	79	79	2118	2139	1348	697	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	4	0	-9	-11	-10	-9	-11	-13	-13	1	-1	0	3	3	-3	-6	-5	-4	5
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	-1	-4	-18	-22	-20	-19	-18	-18	-19	-4	-6	-4	2	-1	-12	-16	-15	-13	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	1.3 S	0.7 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	7	9	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	8	-	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.3 NW	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 N	1.2 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	3	3	4	3	-	-	11	11	10	10	4

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	8
Energy(?)	1131	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	127	85	52	30	159	258	449	566	632	74	74	65	51	735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	15	14	14	14	14	-9	-10	-11	-11	12
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	-1	-1	12	11	11	11	11	-18	-20	-22	-22	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 NW	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	-	2	3	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	8

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