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

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Fenwick Delaware	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.4 W	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 NW	0.4 SE	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 N	0.3 N	1.7 NW	0.8 SE	3.0 S	2.1 SW	1.5 W	0.5 SE	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	6	9	9	9	10	-	-	8	4	2	7	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-
Energy(?)	350	359	17	320	1256	1935	1375	24	0	0	314	48	1	311	127	1365	738	307	34	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	heavy snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-3	-1	-3	1	4	5	-2	8	5	3	3	-11	-14	-6	0	-2	0	2	10	-5	-12	-3
Low °C	-5	-2	-8	-2	4	-1	-2	7	4	-6	-8	-14	-16	-6	-2	-4	0	-5	7	-8	-13	-9
Chill °C (?)	-10	-7	-10	-6	-2	0	-10	5	-1	-2	1	-22	-23	-14	-7	-10	-6	-5	7	-13	-19	-11
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	0.8 SE	0.1 W	1.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	6	9	8	7	10	-	-	8	8	-	-	9	8	8	6	8	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	15	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	-	-	2.1 ESE	1.2 N	0.3 N	1.7 NW	0.8 NW	3.0 S	2.1 SW	1.5 W	1.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	6	9	9	9	6	-	-	6	4	2	7	4	8	8	8	5	-	-	-

	Monday 15	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
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	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	Grand Marias Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.8 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	4	6	8	9	8	8	9	11	10	9	8	6	6
Energy(?)	150	287	350	319	359	128	46	17	8	17	320	1073	1256	1027	980	1935	2446	1004	644	135	94	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-4	-5	-5	-3	-2	-1	-4	-8	-6	-3	-2	1	4	4	4	5	2	-1	-5	-5	-2	8
Chill °C (?)	-12	-14	-13	-10	-9	-7	-9	-11	-12	-10	-9	-6	-2	-2	-1	0	-6	-9	-14	-12	-7	5
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.1 NW	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	-	6	8	9	-	10	8	8	10	9	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	6	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	1.5 WNW	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	8	2	-	-	-	4	6	8	9	8	8	9	11	-	9	-	5	6

	Monday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
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	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	Grand Marias Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 NNW	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	11
Energy(?)	71	98	150	196	263	287	312	436	350	322	293	319	339	297	359	168	147	128	96	66	128	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-5	-4	-4	-5	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	-1	-1	-1	-2	-3	-2	-1
Chill °C (?)	-11	-11	-12	-12	-13	-14	-13	-12	-13	-11	-11	-10	-9	-10	-9	-8	-8	-7	-8	-9	-7	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	8	-	9	8	8	5	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	-	1.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	3	2	2	-	6	-

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