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

	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Queen Street New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	-	1.8 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	10	6	10	11	10	10	-	-	7	-	8	10	5	6	-	9	-	-	8
Energy(?)	710	279	479	191	12	322	218	163	192	0	0	2	0	644	32	41	254	0	17	0	0	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	5	2	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	2	2	8	1	13	15	10	15	3	3	5	8	3	23	23	10	3	26	1	3	24
Low °C	3	2	2	6	-2	12	13	10	12	2	3	4	3	2	20	20	9	3	20	-1	3	21
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	-4	8	1	11	14	6	15	0	-3	1	4	3	23	23	8	-1	26	-3	0	24
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	-	0.3 SW	1.0 E	0.4 W	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 SW	-	1.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	-	7	10	6	10	11	10	10	-	-	7	-	8	9	5	6	-	9	-	-	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	5	-	9	-	8	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.9 S	-	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	7	9	-	-	3	4	3	-	4	7	7	7	8	5	6	6	4	5	-	-	6

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09	Friday 10	Saturday 11
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	2.4 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	-	8	7	6	7	8	9	6	6	8	10	10	10	6	5	5	4	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2	3	0	710	178	173	279	484	479	72	84	79	343	363	250	7	2	2	2	254	374	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	3	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	0	8	8	9	2	2	1	0	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	-6	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-4	-4	-4	2	3	0	8	8	8	-1	-2	-3	-3	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	2.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	7	8	-	8	7	6	-	5	7	6	6	8	10	10	10	6	5	-	4	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	5	-	-	6	6	5	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	7	6	7	8	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	-

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	6	6	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
Energy(?)	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	164	229	710	59	75	53	178	161	173	179	97	158	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	0	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-7	-6	-6	-4	-4	-3	-2	-1	-1	1	2	0	2	2	0	-1	-2	-2	-3	2	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	2.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	6	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.8 S	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	-	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	-	-	-

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