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 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Out Front Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period(s)	5	3	3	-	5	6	5	6	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-
Energy	2	2	1	0	55	99	6	57	15	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	328	96	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	4	6	8	5	9	18	4	21	4	4	13	3	6	9	7	9	9	15	17	8	9	7
Low °C	3	4	5	5	8	16	4	20	2	3	13	2	3	8	5	6	8	14	15	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	1	5	5	2	6	18	2	21	-1	0	10	0	3	6	4	7	7	12	16	6	8	7
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:36	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.2 W	0.7 SE	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	3	4	-	9	4	6	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 E	0.1 W	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	9	5	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	0.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	6	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 08	Saturday 09	Sunday 10
	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	Assateague Maryland	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 W	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	-	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	5	-	-	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	0	45	2	3	2	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	6	41	97	124	217	75	82	72	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	11	2	3	4	4	6	8	7	5	6	5	5	6	5	16	18	5	17	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	1	9	0	1	1	2	5	5	3	2	3	2	2	3	0	15	18	5	17	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	6	5	5	5	4	-	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	9	9	-	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	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	Assateague Maryland	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	Dewey Beach Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Bayfield Lake Huron	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Bethany Delaware
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.5 SSE	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 ESE
Period(s)	4	6	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	3	7	6	6	9
Energy	2	38	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	22	28	1	28	57	57	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	12	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	14	15	6	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	1	11	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	14	15	4	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	7	-	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	6	6	6

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