Michigan Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Michigan wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Michigan region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon				Tue		Wed
	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 NE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.8 W	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE
Period(s)	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	6	6	9	8
Energy	31	321	212	756	703	441	343	267	243	439	284	173	114	89	500	57	7	8	9	89	54	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:01PM 1.08	8:26PM 0.71	8:06AM 1.72		8:34PM 1.98		8:52AM 0.28	9:12PM 1.97	8:38AM 0.89		8:39PM 1.52	9:12AM 1.32		1:10AM 2.91	1:49PM 2.57		1:46AM 2.85		2:28PM 2.49	2:25AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	12:33PM -0.01		2:47AM 0.00		2:32PM -0.01	3:14AM 0.02	7:02PM -0.01		3:54AM 0.03		2:43PM 0.07	3:12AM 0.03		3:19PM 0.11		7:35AM 0.06	7:37PM 0.44		8:13AM 0.13		8:14PM 0.50	8:52AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	8	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	17	10	8	8	8	12	10	10	19	13	10	8	14	21	14	19	20	21	12	18	20
Low °C	22	16	9	8	8	8	8	10	4	19	12	5	6	13	20	7	18	20	19	12	17	20
Chill °C (?)	23	16	8	5	6	7	11	10	7	19	12	8	8	13	21	13	19	20	21	8	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	6:03	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	7:29	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 NE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.8 W	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	6	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	12	-	-	6	6	-	5	4	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.1 SE	-	2.0 ESE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 W	1.0 NNW	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	10	-	-	3	-	3	6	4	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	6	4	-

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Topsail Island Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	11	10	11	10	12	11	5	5	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	63	208	114	112	120	58	16	16	60	280	253	296	278	277	703	559	526	441	381	324	311	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				7:25AM 1.74								7:09AM 1.31						11:26PM 2.99				11:58AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.04	2:02AM 0.01			1:52PM -0.01		6:35PM 0.01		1:39AM 0.02				1:27PM 0.02		5:15PM 0.20				5:45AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	19	20	23	28	24	24	26	17	15	11	11	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	20	23	28	24	24	26	16	14	10	10	18	8	7	6	6	7	6	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	12	11	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	6	9	6	6	-	-	5	4	5	4	4	4	-	-	12	12	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	3	4	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Topsail Island Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	11	11	11	6	6	6	5	5	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	62	269	155	66	52	52	31	23	48	332	230	219	231	231	746	665	665	665	665	665	590	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											6:32AM 1.06				10:33AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)						1:46AM 0.05															4:35PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	19	22	22	21	23	23	21	14	12	11	10	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	20	15	19	22	22	21	23	23	21	13	11	10	8	10	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	6	6	-	5	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	9	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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