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 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Queen Street New Jersey	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Delaware Delaware
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 N	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 S	0.1 W	-	2.5 S	0.8 S	1.7 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.8 E	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	2	6	4	5	-	8	4	8	9	6	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	9	-	-	10
Energy(?)	1275	1	61	49	1	0	850	19	407	119	14	551	468	252	296	0	0	2	118	0	0	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	7	-	-	32	-
High °C	3	-5	-1	-3	0	1	6	7	3	9	1	10	11	13	19	3	4	4	14	4	9	20
Low °C	-1	-11	-1	-7	-4	0	3	4	3	7	0	10	9	10	17	2	3	4	12	3	6	18
Chill °C (?)	-3	-9	-7	-8	-6	-6	0	3	-2	7	1	7	11	12	19	-1	0	1	12	1	9	20
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.8 E	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	5	-	8	-	6	9	6	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	9	-	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 N	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	0.8 S	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	2	6	4	7	8	8	4	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	7	6	4	-	-	5

	Monday 06	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.9 N	1.4 N	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 S	1.4 S	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 SW	-	2.5 S	-	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	3	3	2	6	5	9	8	5	6	6	6	4	6	-	5	-	-	8	-	8	-	7
Energy(?)	3	2	1	2	1	537	253	37	61	48	40	49	140	0	1	0	0	10	0	850	0	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	1
Temp. °C	-5	-6	-8	-11	-12	-2	-1	-1	-1	-3	-6	-7	-6	1	0	0	1	3	5	6	4	4
Chill °C (?)	-13	-14	-16	-18	-18	-7	-5	-7	-7	-8	-11	-14	-13	-4	-6	-7	-6	-3	-1	0	-2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	1.4 N	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.1 W	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	5	-	8	-	-	5	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	8	-	8	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	1.9 N	-	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.9 S	1.4 S	-	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	2	2	-	9	-	5	6	6	3	4	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	7

	Monday 06	Tuesday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	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	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	5	5	3	3	3	6	7	2	2	2	6	6	6	-	5	5	-	-	-	3	-	4
Energy(?)	1	1	3	3	2	312	471	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	3	2	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11	-11	-4	-12	-12	-12	-11	-8	-6	-4	-4
Chill °C (?)	-12	-13	-13	-13	-13	-3	-4	-15	-16	-17	-18	-18	-18	-9	-18	-18	-18	-15	-8	-9	-10	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4

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