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

	Tue	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06
	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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	3	6	4	8	9	5	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	14
Energy(?)	5	142	21	211	446	82	776	349	585	167	177	6	5	2	55	55	58	60	0	0	0	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	snow shwrs	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	-9	-8	-11	-9	-8	-6	-8	-5	-4	-3	-6	-7	-7	-10	-2	-3	-1	-3	-4	-1	0	11
Low °C	-11	-8	-12	-13	-9	-8	-9	-6	-5	-4	-8	-8	-14	-13	-3	-3	-2	-5	-5	-3	0	10
Chill °C (?)	-18	-15	-22	-19	-18	-14	-15	-12	-11	-9	-6	-12	-14	-16	-7	-3	-5	-8	-8	-5	-4	8
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	3	6	4	8	9	5	8	7	8	6	6	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	4

	Tue	Wednesday 31	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	8	8	5	8	9	9	8	6	8	7	8	8	8	5
Energy(?)	8	5	6	8	11	10	94	33	144	211	69	819	446	511	474	140	471	360	796	501	717	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-9	-10	-11	-10	-10	-11	-9	-12	-13	-13	-17	-9	-9	-8	-7	-11	-6	-8	-8	-9	-8	-11
Chill °C (?)	-18	-19	-20	-19	-20	-21	-15	-23	-24	-23	-25	-15	-20	-18	-17	-11	-15	-14	-14	-14	-8	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	7	-	10	10	10	7	10	-	-	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	8	8	5	8	9	9	8	6	8	7	8	8	8	5

	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
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	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Bayfield Lake Huron
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	2.1 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	6	8	3	3	3	7	4	6	7	7	7	6
Energy(?)	8	8	8	5	5	5	392	5	6	8	269	640	8	9	11	87	12	92	211	404	233	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-8	-9	-9	-9	-10	-8	-11	-11	-10	-8	-4	-10	-10	-10	-6	-11	-8	-4	-3	-4	-10
Chill °C (?)	-17	-17	-18	-18	-18	-19	-17	-20	-20	-19	-16	-11	-19	-19	-20	-12	-21	-14	-8	-10	-8	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	2.1 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 NW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	6	8	3	3	3	2	4	6	7	7	7	6

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