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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	South Haven Lake Michigan	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Fenwick Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.4 WSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NW	1.0 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 S	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	5	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	7	8	6	-	-	-
Energy(?)	73	47	759	606	978	87	40	40	44	41	52	90	87	5	5	2	202	388	136	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	snow shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	5	1	-4	-6	-1	1	2	3	4	5	5	7	-5	-4	-4	-1	-1	0	1	-5	-2
Low °C	1	4	-6	-4	-7	-2	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	-8	-10	-4	-3	-2	-1	-3	-6	-4
Chill °C (?)	0	2	-5	-11	-15	-8	0	0	0	3	4	2	4	-12	-11	-12	-8	-6	-4	-4	-11	-8
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.1 E	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	-	10	4	10	10	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	-	15	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	6	10	4	5	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	-	2.4 WSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	8	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	7	8	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04	Friday 05	Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 W	1.4 W	0.5 SE	1.3 NNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 SSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	7	10	7	7	7	6	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	76	31	47	48	47	43	111	926	284	70	138	316	412	68	1233	746	55	42	40	40	43	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-1	-4	5	4	3	4	4	-4	-7	7	-4	-8	-5	-13	-4	-4	0	1	2	2	3	3
Chill °C (?)	-8	-12	2	1	1	2	1	-9	-13	3	-6	-11	-14	-18	-13	-12	-2	1	0	0	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	1.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	1.0 NNW	-	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	-	8	10	7	-	6	6	-	7	5	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	4	4	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 W	0.4 NW	-	1.8 WNW	2.1 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	8	7	3	-	7	7	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Ocean City Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Fenwick Delaware	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Fenwick Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 SE	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	8	6	7	7	3	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	119	96	73	59	59	51	50	150	288	36	195	924	21	3	45	63	44	47	47	64	72	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	2	2	4	2	2	-8	2	-9	-10	3	3	3	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	-7	-6	-4	-2	-1	0	1	-4	-4	1	-4	-4	-17	-4	-18	-18	0	0	0	0	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.1 W	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	-	6	8	5	8	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	11	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 N	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	4	6	7	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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