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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Michigan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun				Mon		Tue				Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.7 SE	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	13	13	7	4	7	4	10	11	7	5	10	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Energy	628	524	203	3	126	15	28	345	60	17	201	227	331	206	638	482	64	46	184	271	46	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 0.81		6:27AM 0.78		6:52PM 0.85	7:17AM 0.77		7:38PM 0.89	6:31AM 1.41	9:44AM 0.23		7:22AM 1.31	10:09AM 0.26			8:52AM 0.28	8:11PM 1.55	8:44AM 1.18	9:17AM 0.30		10:39AM 0.58
Low Tide / height (m)	10:32AM 0.09		12:15AM 0.05		12:34PM 0.05	1:10AM 0.02		1:19PM 0.03	1:58AM 0.01	12:41PM 0.02		6:35PM 0.01	1:11PM -0.19			7:02PM -0.01		2:32AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	31	9	13	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	18	19	13	24	19	22	15	14	21	23	18	10	10	10	7	7	15	19	5	9	10	10
Low °C	17	18	10	22	18	22	9	13	20	22	17	9	9	9	7	6	13	17	5	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	18	19	11	24	19	22	15	14	21	23	18	9	8	8	3	4	13	19	1	6	8	7
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	7:52	7:24	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	1.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	14	4	-	5	5	11	7	5	10	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	13	5	4	-	-	10	6	10	4	6	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	0.7 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 S	-	1.3 SE	-	0.3 NW	0.3 W	0.6 NW	-	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	7	4	-	-	4	-	3	-	7	-	3	3	3	-	3	3	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 26							Monday 27									Tuesday 28
	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	1.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 E
Period(s)	7	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	3	-	8	3	4	4	4	6	11	4	4	11
Energy	152	783	707	628	557	524	482	415	341	173	2	0	387	5	15	12	12	91	403	7	5	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:30AM 0.78				5:59PM 0.81										9:10PM 0.14				9:16AM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:02PM 0.14				11:45AM 0.06							4:12AM 0.09				6:07PM 0.09		11:44PM -0.21				1:23PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	8	22	22	14	22	22	22	23	14	10	22	22	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	17	16	18	18	19	19	18	6	22	22	13	22	22	22	23	13	8	22	22	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	3	-	8	-	5	5	-	6	11	4	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	4	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	8	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-

	Sat		Sunday 26
	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.1 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	1.6 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 E
Period(s)	7	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	6	5	5	16	5	5	5	5	4	8	3	3	14
Energy	112	736	690	730	775	783	751	731	707	94	5	3	22	2	2	2	2	20	326	5	4	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)									5:30AM 0.78											2:03PM 0.15
Low Tide / height (m)			11:11PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	5	22	22	18	23	24	25	25	19	8	25	24	13
Chill °C (?)	22	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	0	22	22	18	23	24	25	25	19	4	25	24	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	7	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	17	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	15	13	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	6

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