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

	Sat	Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Long Point Lake Erie	Richardson Beach Lake Ontario	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Point Burwell Lake Erie	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Broadway New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	4.0 NNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SE	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	-	-	10	6	6	7	8	6	6	5	8	5	6	6	-	5	8	7	6	7	8	-
Energy(?)	0	0	2902	13	108	258	310	155	38	36	122	22	15	44	0	22	201	269	106	161	151	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear	cloudy	mod. snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	light snow	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	1	-	-
High °C	-2	-4	3	-2	-1	-2	-1	-3	0	0	4	-3	-10	-9	-4	-12	-2	0	6	4	4	0
Low °C	-4	-4	3	-8	-1	-2	-2	-4	-2	-2	0	-5	-13	-12	-5	-12	-3	-1	1	3	3	-3
Chill °C (?)	-7	-11	-4	-7	-8	-9	-7	-8	-5	-7	0	-11	-19	-17	-13	-20	-10	-5	1	0	1	-3
Sunrise	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:08	-	-	6:58	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 W	-	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	6	-	8	5	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	7	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 NE	4.0 NNW	-	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 N	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	3	10	-	6	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	3	6	5	5	8	7	6	2	3	-

	Sat	Sunday 30	Monday 01	Tuesday 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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	1.2 S	0.8 S	2.1 NNW	1.4 NW	0.9 NNW	1.2 W	1.0 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	5	5	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	5
Energy(?)	0	0	233	0	0	2	3	84	42	782	261	67	108	62	258	291	361	310	215	215	92	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	low
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Temp. °C	-2	-3	1	-4	-4	-4	-4	8	8	0	-1	-3	-1	-5	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-5	-1	12
Chill °C (?)	-7	-9	-3	-12	-11	-12	-12	5	4	-2	-1	-7	-8	-10	-9	-9	-9	-8	-7	-11	-7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	1.7 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 S	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	5	6	4	-	-	-	10	5	9	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	1.2 S	0.4 W	2.1 NNW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 W	1.0 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	0.9 W	0.3 NW
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	3	3	3	5	3	8	7	-	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	2

	Saturday 29	Sunday 30
	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	Holland Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	Holland Lake Michigan	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	Alona Bay Lake Superior	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	Au Sable Point Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	1.9 N	0.4 NNW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	5
Energy(?)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	360	186	168	0	6	0	0	0	2	3	305	3	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	-2	-2	-1	-2	-3	-3	-3	6	7	3	3	1	-4	0	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-1	-4	9
Chill °C (?)	-8	-8	-8	-8	-9	-9	-10	2	3	-3	-2	-4	-12	-8	-11	-11	-12	-12	-12	-9	-12	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	2.3 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.0 NW	1.2 NNW	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	1.9 N	0.4 NNW	1.3 S
Period (s)	3	4	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	5

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