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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	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	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	The Cove Cape May New Jersey	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 S	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	9	-
Energy(?)	236	205	117	89	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	110	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	20	23	16	14	17	16	13	18	16	15	17	17	19	21	20	20	23	19	18
Low °C	20	20	18	19	23	10	9	17	10	9	17	14	15	15	17	17	21	19	20	23	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	20	23	15	13	17	16	11	18	15	14	16	16	18	21	20	20	23	19	18
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	4	9	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	5	5	6	5	5	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	23	365	236	176	141	142	141	117	106	99	86	67	76	43	59	47	46	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	21	23	23	24	23	23	22	9	14	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	21	23	23	24	23	23	22	7	13	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	5	-	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Lakes	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Chincoteague Virginia	Chincoteague Virginia	Bethany Delaware	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior	Alona Bay Lake Superior
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	-
Energy(?)	16	702	563	563	881	365	332	318	273	273	243	205	205	176	205	176	176	1	1	1	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	9	9	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	5	5	5	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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