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

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	10	10	8	6	5	4	-	9	9	9	9	4	4	9	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Energy	284	234	140	13	5	1	0	155	145	86	59	1	2	40	58	110	106	77	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	3	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
High °C	12	12	4	3	3	2	3	18	16	13	16	3	3	8	8	10	14	14	4	5	6	4
Low °C	11	12	2	2	3	1	3	17	10	9	16	1	2	8	7	7	12	12	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	11	11	-2	-1	-1	-2	3	17	15	13	16	-1	-2	3	4	7	13	13	1	4	3	-1
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 W	-	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	8	6	5	4	-	9	9	9	9	4	-	9	7	6	9	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 N	0.3 NW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	6	6	4	4	-	-	5	5	8	8	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	4	4	3	-	4	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia
Rating	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	2.5 W	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 W	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	0.6 E
Period(s)	7	9	9	10	7	9	10	10	8	10	10	10	6	5	5	4	4	4	10	9	-	9
Energy	187	8	235	394	265	1018	234	230	365	225	279	194	13	8	5	3	1	1	248	115	0	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	off
Tide State	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	high	-	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	4	4	12	12	3	11	12	12	3	3	3	2	1	2	14	14	3	17
Chill °C (?)	12	9	11	10	-1	-2	11	10	-3	9	11	10	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	13	12	0	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.8 E	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	7	6	10	10	9	10	10	10	6	6	5	-	-	4	10	9	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	3.5 SE	-	-	1.4 SW	2.5 W	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	7	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	-	5	-	-	3

	Monday 27	Tuesday 28
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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	Ocean City Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia
Rating	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 E	1.1 E	3.0 W	0.9 E
Period(s)	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	8	7	7	6	7	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	184	7	173	177	8	8	153	194	0	216	314	284	442	673	265	202	392	1018	400	234	1937	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	5	4	4	4	4	12	12	4	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	8	9	11	12	8	11	11	10	3	1	-1	-1	-2	-2	11	11	-2	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.0 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	6	6	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	2.4 SE	-	-	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	-	-	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	8	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	9	-	-	10	-

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