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

	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	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	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-
Period(s)	8	9	10	10	7	6	5	4	-	10	9	9	6	-	4	4	4	8	8	-	-	-
Energy	313	122	394	339	80	14	2	1	0	101	112	105	132	0	2	2	1	125	85	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:16PM 1.44		n/a n/a	7:01PM 1.49		7:14AM 1.39	8:00PM 0.97		7:55AM 1.36	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:28PM 1.38	8:49AM 1.12		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 0.08	n/a n/a		12:56AM 0.04	1:08PM 0.02		1:41AM 0.02	1:45PM 0.03	n/a n/a	2:02AM 0.00	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:53AM 0.00		2:53PM 0.08	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	4	3	3	2	3	17	15	14	5	8	3	3	3	10	14	4	4	6
Low °C	13	11	11	12	2	3	3	2	2	16	10	10	5	3	2	3	2	7	13	3	3	5
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	11	-1	0	-1	-2	-1	16	14	12	2	5	-1	-2	1	6	12	2	3	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	7	6	5	4	-	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	6	5	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-

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	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	Broadway New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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
Rating	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	1.4 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.8 W	1.3 E	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period(s)	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	7	10	8	8	10	10	10	6	5	5	4	4	4
Energy	151	149	2	382	113	122	202	270	221	359	339	383	163	273	186	190	14	1	2	2	2	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	6:18PM 1.42				6:30AM 1.41		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a			6:47AM 1.17	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		12:23PM 0.08	n/a n/a			12:07AM 0.08				n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:44AM 0.05			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	12	12	11	11	10	11	4	11	4	4	11	11	11	3	3	3	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	10	10	10	11	9	10	-2	11	-1	-1	10	10	9	-1	-1	-2	-2	-3	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	1.4 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.3 E	0.2 S	1.2 W	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	6	10	9	8	10	10	10	6	5	5	-	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-

	Monday 27															Tuesday 28
	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	Broadway New Jersey	Naval Jetties Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Stockton New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Indian River (Northside) Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	48th Street Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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
Rating	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.1 S	1.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s)	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	151	181	0	123	123	120	181	120	313	2	205	4	6	205	140	143	3	7	7	3	3	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a							n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	11:42AM 0.05						n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a			11:56PM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	3	1	1
High °C	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.1 S	1.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	4	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	5	6	-	6	6	6	-	6	-	7	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	-	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

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