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

	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue				Wed		Thursday 09			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Bethany Delaware	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
Rating	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	3.0 E	-	0.4 NW	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	-	7	6	9	-	3	6	7	8	7	5	2	3	5	3	-	8	7	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	0	32	102	1629	0	2	275	131	87	58	2	1	1	16	13	0	1053	710	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	22	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	21	20	1	2	2	17	17	15	8	-1	-5	-6	-1	-3	3	3	5	3	2	1	-2
Low °C	1	21	18	1	2	0	16	15	6	5	-2	-14	-12	-1	-7	0	1	4	2	1	-5	-6
Chill °C (?)	2	21	20	-5	-4	0	16	16	15	4	-7	-12	-10	-7	-7	-3	-4	-1	-2	-1	-2	-6
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:27	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	-	4	8	7	8	7	5	-	-	-	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.0 E	0.8 E	0.4 NW	1.8 S	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	6	9	4	3	6	-	3	4	-	2	3	5	3	-	8	7	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03	Saturday 04	Sunday 05
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 SE	1.3 S	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	-	2.5 ENE	1.8 NE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	-	9	6	2	3	4	4	4	7
Energy(?)	0	0	131	136	0	0	0	0	121	66	201	53	118	0	977	345	1	2	17	19	12	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Temp. °C	2	3	17	18	1	2	2	1	1	19	18	17	21	2	2	1	2	1	0	-1	-1	14
Chill °C (?)	-4	-2	17	18	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	18	17	16	21	-4	0	-2	-2	-5	-7	-8	-7	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	3	4	5	4	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	8	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.3 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 NE	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	2.1 S
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	3	3	3	3	-	6	6	3	6	5	9	6	2	3	4	4	4	7

	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Bethany Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	The Cove Delaware Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Ontonagon Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Queen Street New Jersey
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	5
Energy(?)	0	0	92	92	0	0	0	0	588	136	122	122	129	0	243	106	0	0	0	0	0	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	2	11	12	3	3	3	3	15	15	13	15	15	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	22
Chill °C (?)	-6	-4	9	11	-2	-2	-2	0	13	15	13	15	15	0	-6	-7	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.3 S
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	6	3	8	5	3	3	3	3	3	5

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