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

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon		Tuesday 19			Wed
	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Ontonagon Lake Superior	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.7 SW	0.8 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 NNW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	13	17	5	18	16	7	8	8	9	9	15	7	8	8	8	8	4	11	18	19	17	16
Energy	78	92	63	1018	909	63	83	157	118	70	1378	67	95	80	64	55	60	405	1092	600	436	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		6:56AM 1.21			7:47AM 1.24	1:42AM 0.45	n/a n/a	8:39AM 1.25		8:38PM 1.43	11:04AM 0.49	n/a n/a		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40		3:50PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.37	11:58PM 0.05		7:28PM 0.26	12:51AM -0.03	1:00PM -0.05	2:52PM -0.02	1:44AM -0.09	1:51PM -0.07	8:40PM 0.13	n/a n/a		2:33PM -0.07	3:29AM -0.14	5:31AM -0.06	n/a n/a	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	16	21	21	13	13	18	18	19	15	6	24	28	26	25	23	15	15	14	15	16
Low °C	22	19	15	20	17	11	10	15	16	16	15	5	19	27	24	22	20	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	20	14	21	21	11	11	18	18	19	15	4	24	28	26	25	23	14	14	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	9:28	-	5:23	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.7 SW	0.8 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	7	18	16	7	8	8	9	9	15	7	8	8	8	8	7	11	18	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	17	10	3	-	7	9	9	8	9	4	5	8	8	8	8	6	19	22	19	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	-	-	3	4	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	18	11	3	-

	Wednesday 13				Thursday 14				Wed	Thursday 14			Fri	Thu	Fri	Thu		Friday 15
	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9:30PM	0:30AM	2PM	6:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6:30PM	9:30PM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ocean City Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	North Assateague (The Wedge) Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ocean City Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.2 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	5	5	5	16	16	6	16	6	7	7	14	14	8	8
Energy	76	78	82	77	92	112	140	281	83	63	56	1065	909	51	707	59	70	63	459	379	83	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55											6:20PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			11:58PM 0.05		7:28PM 0.26		12:10PM -0.02	5:52AM 0.25			12:51AM -0.03		8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	16	15	15	21	20	16	17	13	11	11	16	16	13	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	15	15	15	21	20	15	17	11	8	8	14	15	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.2 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	7	7	5	16	16	6	16	6	7	7	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 NW	0.3 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	10	10	7	-	-	10	5	3	8	7	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

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	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9:30PM	10:30PM	10AM	0:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4:30AM	5:30AM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	76	76	76	80	79	78	77	83	82	59	59	77	76	76	92	90	88	112	127	144	140	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:23PM 0.70												12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)										6:52PM 0.37											5:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

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