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

	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 NE	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	-	-	7	-	-	12	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	23	0	0	573	0	0	198	151	356	368	190	153	0	0	0	187	92	50	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	-18	-17	-15	-22	-14	-8	-9	-3	-2	1	1	1	-1	-7	-1	-3	-2	-11	-8	-2	0
Low °C	0	-23	-22	-16	-25	-19	-9	-11	-8	-2	-1	1	0	-9	-9	-3	-4	-4	-16	-16	-6	-4
Chill °C (?)	0	-29	-26	-25	-29	-21	-18	-18	-8	-6	1	1	-4	-7	-14	-6	-6	-5	-11	-14	-7	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 NE	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	14	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	0.7 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07	Sunday 08	Monday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	-	7	7	7	-	9	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	0	40	54	55	0	949	0	0	0	207	132	182	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	123	125	122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-15	0	-1	-2	-20	-10	-22	-17	-15	-16	-19	-20	-25	-24	-19	-14	-12	-13	-8	-9	-10	-10
Chill °C (?)	-26	-3	-5	-8	-31	-17	-31	-26	-23	-24	-26	-29	-33	-32	-25	-21	-20	-20	-16	-17	-18	-17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	8	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Southwick Beach State Park 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	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia	Out Front Virginia
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	4.5 N	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	5	5	5	-	10	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	0	24	23	23	0	3922	0	0	0	1326	1228	1470	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	42	43	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-15	1	1	1	-17	-5	-17	-17	-18	-19	-19	-13	-19	-19	-20	-21	-22	-23	-9	-10	-11	-11
Chill °C (?)	-26	1	0	-2	-28	-14	-28	-28	-29	-31	-31	-24	-30	-30	-31	-32	-32	-32	-21	-22	-24	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 N	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4

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