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			Thu	Wed	Thu	Fri					Sat	Sun	Sat	Sunday 17			Mon	Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM
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	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Wedge Maryland	Ocean City Maryland	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bethany Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 W	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	4	16	15	14	9	9	9	15	14	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	17
Energy	77	77	75	282	44	825	589	528	143	136	103	1359	731	67	121	56	47	222	284	342	49	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55			12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	6:43AM 1.07	7:15PM 1.51		1:42AM 0.45		n/a n/a	8:24AM 1.14		8:53PM 1.57	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	10:30AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30	11:58PM 0.05	7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		12:48PM -0.09		1:44AM -0.09	8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14	n/a n/a		2:43PM -0.08	3:39AM -0.16	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06			8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	16	20	19	16	13	18	18	16	17	5	23	22	22	16	16	15	25	15
Low °C	19	22	18	18	15	19	15	16	11	15	15	16	16	4	20	22	19	16	15	15	21	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	14	20	19	15	11	18	18	16	17	3	23	22	22	16	15	13	25	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	5:48	-	-	-	7:09	-	5:48	-	-	-	7:11	-	5:45	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 E	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 W	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	7	16	15	14	9	9	9	15	14	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	10	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	4	6	8	8	8	20	20	18	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-

	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14				Wed	Thursday 14			Fri	Thu	Fri	Thu	Fri
	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	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	12:30PM	3:30PM
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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Fenwick Delaware	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Assateague Maryland	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	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	0.5 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	5	4	5	16	16	6	16	7	15	14
Energy	109	98	77	77	76	77	82	76	75	113	142	282	78	44	44	1065	825	60	795	76	558	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 0.57				12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55											6:11PM 1.30		12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30			11:58PM 0.05		7:28PM 0.26		12:10PM -0.02	5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	19	20	17	19	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	19	20	16	19	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	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	0.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	5	7	5	16	16	6	16	7	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	7	10	7	-	-	10	-	10	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	-	3	3	3	3	4	3

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	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	2AM	4:30PM	4AM	6:30PM	7:30PM
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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	93	93	109	109	139	98	96	95	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	79	78	77	76	83	82	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 0.57													12:23PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)									5:32AM 0.33													6:52PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	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
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

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