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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Ocean City Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	2.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	3.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.5 SW	1.4 W	2.5 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	8	6	4	2	10	9	8	9	8	9	5	6	6	6	6	5	8	5	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	1	24	17	1	196	71	565	49	107	1819	15	31	103	263	172	104	833	2	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	6	-10	-9	1	2	1	7	-7	-3	-8	-1	0	2	2	2	0	-10	-4	-1	2
Low °C	5	6	-9	-11	-11	-1	-1	-2	5	-9	-4	-11	-6	-1	0	1	1	-9	-15	-7	-5	0
Chill °C (?)	-1	1	2	-20	-19	-6	0	-6	3	-15	-11	-14	-8	-7	-4	-5	-2	-6	-17	-11	-5	-2
Sunrise	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	7:13	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.6 S	-	-	1.0 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	-	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	-	-	10	9	7	9	8	-	6	6	5	-	6	-	5	5	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 NNE	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	2.3 SW	1.5 S	0.5 NW	3.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.5 SW	1.4 W	2.5 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	4	4	2	4	3	8	5	3	9	5	4	6	6	6	5	8	2	-	-	-

	Thursday 18	Friday 19	Saturday 20	Sun
	10AM	12PM	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	Apostle Islands 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	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.1 W	2.1 S	1.4 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	-	-	8	7	7	6	5	8	4	3	2	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	0	0	1	483	179	24	2	1	17	5	1	0	0	0	181	92	68	78	49	1276	1565	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	5	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	6	6	6	4	-1	-9	-11	-10	-9	-11	-13	-12	0	-2	-1	3	3	-2	-6	-5
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	1	1	2	-1	-6	-18	-22	-20	-19	-18	-19	-18	-5	-8	-6	2	0	-11	-16	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	-	1.4 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	7	6	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	6	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.1 S	0.4 NW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 E	0.9 SE	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	-	2	4	4	4	3	-	-	10	10	10

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	8AM	8AM	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	Apostle Islands 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	Assateague Maryland	Dewey Beach Delaware	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.1 W	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	15	5	5	6
Energy(?)	0	0	0	1417	1406	1311	1209	1116	1	745	601	483	338	274	78	76	114	167	4	3	2	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	14	14	2	-1	-5
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	-1	-1	-1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	13	13	13	11	11	-1	-6	-12
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	16	16	15	15	15	5	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	-	0.4 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	3	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	4

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