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

	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Bethany Delaware
Rating	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	2.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 NW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 N	-	1.6 NE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	4	7	5	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	4	10	10	10	10	6	6	2	-	6	7
Energy(?)	5	209	6	1	471	3	31	94	176	118	65	10	57	73	76	69	162	207	1	0	172	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:09PM 0.97	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		1:26PM -0.06	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:42PM -0.10	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:24AM -0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	mod. snow	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-4	-6	-15	-6	-17	-15	-8	-7	-8	-8	-5	8	10	5	2	-15	-18	-18	-12	-9	-8
Low °C	-9	-7	-12	-15	-11	-22	-20	-8	-8	-9	-8	-8	5	7	-2	-1	-15	-19	-23	-15	-10	-10
Chill °C (?)	-8	-9	-14	-26	-16	-27	-20	-17	-16	-16	-15	-12	4	8	0	-2	-27	-29	-25	-17	-18	-12
Sunrise	8:33	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	5	5	10	5	10	10	5	5	-	-	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	10	5	6	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	1.2 E	0.9 NNE	2.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 N	-	1.6 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	4	7	5	4	7	-	-	7	7	6	6	4	5	4	3	4	6	6	2	-	6	7

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 SE	0.1 W	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	2.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	7	5	6	6	6	6	8	6	-	2	8	2	5	6	9	6	6	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	59	76	55	192	164	226	294	43	1	0	1	63	1	54	7	1149	31	41	94	136	164	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 1.40		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	-8	-8	-8	-9	-8	-3	-15	-15	-14	4	-17	-20	-22	-16	-20	-15	-8	-8	-7	-7
Chill °C (?)	5	2	-11	-11	-13	-12	-8	-8	-26	-26	-25	-1	-27	-28	-32	-22	-28	-20	-17	-18	-16	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	1.6 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	-	8	6	10	6	6	-	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	1.1 SW	0.3 N	0.9 WNW	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	3	-	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	2	5	2	5	-	9	-	-	7	7	7	7

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Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Naval Jetties Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Presquile Point Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	4	4	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	8	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	44	82	5	6	323	384	322	51	0	0	0	80	4	109	1	164	2	6	6	6	8	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	-9	-8	-4	-4	-3	3	-6	-6	-6	0	-6	-4	-6	-8	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-9
Chill °C (?)	3	3	-9	-8	-11	-10	-9	-2	-12	-12	-12	-7	-12	-10	-14	-11	-14	-14	-14	-13	-13	-16
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.3 S	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	8	5	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.5 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	2	4	4	7	7	7	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

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