Lake Michigan Surf

Detailed Lake Michigan 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 Lake Michigan. 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 Lake Michigan. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Lake Michigan over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Lake Michigan and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Lake Michigan Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Lake Michigan Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Lake Michigan coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon	Sun	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lake Michigan	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	Grand Haven Lake Michigan	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 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	5	11	11	11	19	17
Energy	77	77	75	282	1018	825	589	528	305	472	1025	1359	731	451	388	271	90	222	284	342	389	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 0.70		12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49		1:24PM 1.13	1:42AM 0.45		1:57PM 1.22	2:10AM 0.43		n/a n/a	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09	n/a n/a	9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	9	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	21	20	19	16	17	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	20	16	16	15	15	15
Low °C	19	22	18	18	21	19	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	21	20	19	15	16	17	15	16	17	17	16	16	20	16	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	-	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	17	12	3	-	-	-	6	5	17	-	4	-	-	23	-	20	20	18	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 NW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lake Michigan	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	0.5 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 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	109	98	77	77	76	77	82	76	75	113	142	282	682	1018	962	1065	825	813	795	589	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	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-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 0.57				12:23PM 0.70				12:01AM 0.55					12:32PM 0.85				12:41AM 0.52				12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32AM 0.33					6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30					7:28PM 0.26			5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	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	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	12	13	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	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	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	3

	Tue	Wednesday 13
	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lake Michigan	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