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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	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	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula 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	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.2 E	-	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	7	8	9	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	5	6	8	8	7	8	7	6	9	8	10	9
Energy	1	2	222	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	75	136	2	2	285	239	113	64	64	122	169	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	11	4	-	-	-	11	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	8	11	10	10	14	10	5	4	4	4	16	14	17	16
Low °C	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	9	8	10	10	4	3	4	4	15	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	6	5	6	4	4	6	4	8	11	7	7	11	7	1	-2	2	0	14	13	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 E
Period (s)	5	6	9	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	5	-	5	9	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	5	6	5	7	7	8	7	6	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24	Saturday 25	Sunday 26
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 W	1.8 ENE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period(s)	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	4
Energy	90	233	45	235	279	1	2	3	2	122	114	64	1	2	3	6	2	1	298	1	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	7	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	14	17	15	7	10	12	10	10	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	14	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	23	20	13	16	14	2	6	10	9	9	6	6	6	4	3	4	6	6	13	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	6	5	4	4	4	7	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	5	-	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	-	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.5 S	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	-	1.8 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	3	8	8	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	-	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon 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	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s)	-	-	9	6	7	-	7	7	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	0	0	62	153	193	0	1	1	1	159	235	235	1	1	1	1	1	1	24	2	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	14	24	22	13	12	12	11	17	17	17	8	8	7	7	7	7	19	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	22	23	13	24	22	11	10	10	8	16	16	16	4	4	2	2	2	2	19	6	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	3	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	-	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	5	6	-	6	7	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	5

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