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

	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun		Mon				Tue		Wednesday 29			Thu
	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Union Bay Lake Superior	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 W	0.9 E	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 NNE	2.0 E	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SE
Period(s)	9	6	6	8	7	6	8	12	6	11	12	10	6	5	4	5	5	6	8	5	7	7
Energy	62	46	39	134	66	40	805	223	17	616	454	323	324	2	7	21	18	89	287	19	107	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:10PM 0.30	n/a n/a	2:31PM 1.33	n/a n/a			3:32PM 6:55PM 0.20 0.21			2:03PM 0.15	5:58AM 1.48	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	5:51AM 1.25	6:21PM 1.44		10:09PM 0.11	9:44AM 0.23	7:57PM 1.71	8:42AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10PM 0.06		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	9:40AM 0.07	4:07AM -0.00	5:02PM 0.20		4:51AM 0.04	5:36PM 0.14		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:54AM -0.00		6:30PM 0.05	11:31PM 0.11		2:29AM 0.16		2:38PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	9
High °C	16	22	21	9	22	22	19	7	22	20	20	20	13	17	22	23	23	20	19	26	14	7
Low °C	15	21	21	7	22	21	19	4	22	20	20	20	12	14	22	22	23	19	19	26	10	7
Chill °C (?)	16	22	21	7	22	22	19	5	22	20	20	20	11	16	22	23	23	20	19	26	12	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	6:09	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	7:43	7:22	-	8:58	7:22	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	7:24	-	7:58	7:25	-	7:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	-	0.7 SSE	1.6 W	0.9 E	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 NNE	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SE
Period (s)	6	-	6	8	-	6	8	12	6	11	12	10	-	5	-	5	-	7	8	5	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.1 SW	-	0.8 NE	0.5 W	0.7 NE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.2 W	0.7 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	-	-	8	7	-	13	7	12	-	5	-	-	-	11	6	3	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SE	-	0.7 W	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.0 E	1.4 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	4	5	5	6	6	-	3	-

	Thursday 23					Friday 24								Saturday 25							Sun
	11AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 E	0.6 S	1.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	1.2 NE
Period(s)	5	7	6	7	5	8	6	7	7	7	7	15	8	8	6	5	6	7	6	11	14	14
Energy	59	54	100	50	125	50	43	77	75	75	66	98	96	47	101	74	25	27	26	228	771	937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	-	low	-	high	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	1:45AM 1.12					2:56PM 0.25		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:00AM 1.39				3:32PM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	7:26PM 0.22	n/a n/a		3:13AM -0.04						n/a n/a	n/a n/a							11:11PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	24	19	17	15	21	21	22	22	22	3	8	7	18	19	22	22	23	7	18	18
Chill °C (?)	24	22	24	19	16	15	21	21	22	22	22	1	8	7	18	19	22	22	23	5	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 E	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	5	-	5	7	5	8	6	7	-	-	-	7	8	8	5	5	6	7	6	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	15	4	4	8	8	8	-	-	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 E	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	6	3	5	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	4	3	6	5	-	2	3	3	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	5	7	-	6	-	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9
Energy	62	50	0	48	0	69	51	49	46	42	38	9	213	135	58	58	39	39	40	12	983	962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		n/a n/a	1:30PM 0.99		2:10PM 0.30					n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a		n/a n/a							8:59PM 0.52	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	18	16	21	16	21	21	21	21	22	2	18	18	21	20	21	21	21	2	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	21	18	16	21	16	21	21	21	21	22	2	18	18	21	20	21	21	21	0	19	19
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 E	0.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	5	7	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	5	9	9	6	6	6	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	1.1 E	-	1.1 E	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	9

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