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 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Port Colborne Lake Erie	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	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	1.4 SW	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period(s)	-	-	5	4	5	7	8	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-
Energy	0	0	17	1	34	259	164	106	83	24	10	8	1	1	3	6	0	7	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 1.30	10:59AM 0.44	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:57AM 0.88	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:41PM 1.10	11:36AM 0.96	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:23AM 1.29	1:11PM 0.91	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)	4:08AM 0.01	5:25AM 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		5:26AM 0.13	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:11AM 0.33	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	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	3	6	6	3	16	9	5	13	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5
Low °C	2	3	6	3	11	6	3	12	3	2	3	4	2	3	5	3	4	4	3	3	5	3
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	0	15	6	2	10	-2	-1	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	2	1	1
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	4	8	6	5	-	-	6	6	5	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.4 SW	1.2 W	1.2 SW	1.1 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s)	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	9	9	4	5	5	6	5	5	7	8	8	6	7
Energy	41	68	0	0	75	0	0	0	17	68	44	1	2	2	238	69	85	156	204	164	106	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-
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		9:40PM 1.31	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)	3:28PM 0.08		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:25AM 0.04	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		3:57PM 0.13	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	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	2	2	7	3	6	6	6	14	14	3	3	7	10	19	21	5	4	4	5	3
Chill °C (?)	14	12	0	-1	3	-1	3	3	3	13	13	0	-1	2	6	19	21	2	0	-1	5	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	9	3	4	5	5	9	9	4	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	9	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	5	5	7	8	8	6	7

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Out Front Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Wedge Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Naval Jetties Delaware	Dewey Beach Delaware	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 E	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-
Period(s)	9	9	3	3	9	3	-	3	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	4	-
Energy	40	77	3	3	55	2	0	1	0	68	53	0	0	0	0	46	46	0	0	0	18	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross
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
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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	3	3	14	3	2	2	2	11	11	2	2	2	2	7	7	3	4	5	8	5
Chill °C (?)	13	13	0	0	12	3	2	2	0	8	8	-1	-2	-2	-1	3	3	-1	0	2	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	3	-	-	4	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 N	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	-

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