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

	Sun	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17
	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Naval Jetties Delaware
Rating	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	4	2	5	4	4	-	-	7	5	8	8	9	-	8	9
Energy	23	96	128	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	31	12	39	38	40	0	26	41
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	5	-	-	10	8	3	3	1	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	11	9	3	8	6	7	4	5	6	5	5	6	7	17	9	19	25	25	12	27	26
Low °C	1	10	9	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	15	8	15	22	20	11	27	20
Chill °C (?)	-2	8	6	3	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	16	8	19	25	25	11	27	26
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	1.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	7	8	-	-	-	6	4	-	5	4	4	-	6	7	5	8	8	9	-	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	12	-	-	-	4	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	10	9	-	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 NNW	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	5	6	4	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	3	5	3	4	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 10	Monday 11	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 N
Period(s)	5	7	7	7	5	5	4	5	6	-	6	6	8	11	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	2
Energy	36	71	123	77	9	4	1	74	78	0	63	63	54	61	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	1	3	1	3	2
Temp. °C	3	23	20	15	1	3	4	9	9	3	9	9	9	10	8	6	5	7	7	6	4	4
Chill °C (?)	-2	23	20	14	-1	2	1	7	8	3	9	9	7	8	4	1	0	2	3	3	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	5	5	4	12	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	11	-	-	-	12	8	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	4	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.5 S	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	0.4 E	0.2 NNE	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	4	-	2	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	6	7	-	4	2	2

	Sunday 10	Monday 11
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period(s)	4	8	7	8	5	5	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Energy	26	107	123	106	29	32	25	94	75	22	80	106	98	98	9	8	8	4	4	2	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	22	22	21	3	3	3	17	17	2	16	15	15	14	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	-1	22	22	21	-2	-2	-1	16	16	-2	15	14	14	12	-1	-1	0	2	1	2	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	8	7	16	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	9	13	-	-	-	11	8	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	-	8	5	5	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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