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 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Out Front Virginia	Rehoboth Main Delaware	48th Street Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay 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	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.8 S	0.5 W	0.8 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	7	8	6	6	7	6	4	4	4	4	-	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-
Energy	269	170	59	84	61	65	7	1	2	1	0	54	3	2	68	7	62	5	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	19	21	12	4	4	5	5	5	16	7	5	16	5	17	5	5	5	6	9
Low °C	3	3	3	18	12	12	4	2	3	5	4	15	6	4	16	5	17	4	5	3	5	8
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-1	18	21	10	0	2	2	3	3	14	5	3	15	1	17	2	1	3	4	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 W	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 E	-	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	10	7	6	4	4	4	-	-	9	3	4	9	-	5	5	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	13	-	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	0.7 W	1.1 S	0.3 NW	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 S	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	6	2	3	4	-	3	4	-	4	3	4	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07	Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Rehoboth Main Delaware	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	0.4 W	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 W
Period(s)	7	7	7	5	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	7	6	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	4
Energy	198	250	269	56	172	170	105	81	59	32	25	17	239	243	104	10	42	52	55	60	41	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	18	15	13	3	12	14	11	11	11	2
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	-2	5	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-1	-2	18	14	12	0	10	14	11	9	9	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 W	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	8	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	6	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	3	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	7	6	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Rehoboth Main Delaware	Assateague Maryland	48th Street Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.3 W	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.9 W
Period(s)	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	7
Energy	216	203	198	35	220	250	254	261	269	276	276	282	189	147	254	218	175	221	196	190	190	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	3	12	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	18	18	17	3	17	16	16	16	16	3
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-2	9	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	17	17	16	-1	16	14	14	14	14	0
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.3 W	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	-	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	-

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