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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Queen Street New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	1.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.9 E	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	7	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	7	-
Energy(?)	0	0	0	364	164	99	81	113	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	274	145	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	5	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	3	2
High °C	19	22	20	22	22	23	22	22	23	15	18	16	15	19	16	17	18	17	19	20	21	20
Low °C	15	20	16	22	22	20	20	22	22	10	17	12	10	18	15	15	17	16	18	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	19	22	20	22	22	23	22	22	23	14	18	16	14	19	14	16	17	16	19	20	21	20
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	7	8	7	5	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	12	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 E	-	-	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	3	-	3	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	7	-	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	7	7	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	21	1	223	185	2	116	66	75	81	73	161	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	-
Temp. °C	15	15	19	20	22	20	17	16	16	16	18	20	23	23	16	21	20	21	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	15	14	19	20	22	20	17	16	16	16	18	20	23	23	16	21	20	21	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	7	8	7	5	5	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	6	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	4

	Tuesday 16	Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
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	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Broadway New Jersey	Queen Street New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	613	613	0	879	676	839	568	560	592	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	19	19	19	20	19	19	22	19	20	19	19	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	18	19	19	19	20	18	18	22	18	19	18	18	18	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8

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