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

	Thu		Friday 24			Sat		Sunday 26			Mon				Tuesday 28			Wed		Thursday 30
	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	0.8 E
Period(s)	6	5	8	6	6	13	14	13	11	12	10	6	4	5	7	4	4	8	10	10	10	9
Energy	60	37	134	47	29	273	747	950	623	351	323	136	14	24	94	9	10	37	1117	1264	1120	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:44AM 1.49	n/a n/a	2:32PM 1.00	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		4:04AM 1.33			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:40PM 1.62	5:51AM 1.25	9:16AM 0.20		10:09PM 0.11		7:57PM 1.71	8:42AM 0.77		8:59PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:07AM -0.00	9:41PM 0.12		4:51AM 0.04	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:02AM 0.33	11:54AM -0.00		6:30PM 0.05	11:31PM 0.11	1:56PM 0.24	2:29AM 0.16		2:38PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	4	22	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	9	22	22	8	18	19	20	20	20	10	22	22	23	23	23	23	20	20	21	16
Low °C	18	21	7	22	22	6	18	18	20	20	20	8	22	22	23	23	21	21	20	20	21	15
Chill °C (?)	24	22	7	22	22	5	18	19	20	20	20	7	22	22	23	23	23	23	20	20	21	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:58	7:22	-	8:14	-	-	7:55	-	-	8:58	7:24	-	8:00	7:24	-	8:01	-	-	7:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 E	1.2 NNE	1.6 NE	1.3 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	5	8	6	-	13	8	13	11	10	10	-	-	5	7	-	4	4	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 W	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	4	-	-	7	14	7	13	12	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	13	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 W	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	-	6	4	-	-	-	3	4	6	4	5	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23			Friday 24								Saturday 25							Sunday 26
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s)	7	5	8	7	8	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	14	5	6	7	7	11	12	14	14	13
Energy	50	126	45	168	170	44	77	62	47	122	86	43	223	72	24	29	76	216	227	726	669	950
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	low-flow	low	high-flow	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a				2:56PM 0.25	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:30AM 1.46				3:32PM 0.20				5:30AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		8:27AM 0.07			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a							11:09PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	14	17	15	21	25	22	22	10	8	7	-1	19	22	22	23	7	6	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	13	16	14	21	25	22	22	9	8	6	-6	19	22	22	23	5	4	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	7:40	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	7	-	8	5	4	6	5	7	6	8	8	8	14	5	6	7	6	11	12	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	4	3	7	8	8	-	-	13	7	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	5	3	7	8	-	6	-	-	4	4	3	3	5	-	3	7	3	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	6	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	36	76	62	95	117	30	52	30	30	159	164	168	8	52	40	43	46	9	9	739	625	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		n/a n/a		n/a n/a	n/a n/a					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			3:13AM -0.04				9:34AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	14	23	22	22	22	22	22	17	17	17	1	19	21	21	21	2	3	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	23	13	23	22	22	22	22	22	16	16	16	-2	19	21	21	21	-1	0	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	5	5	7	9	6	6	6	5	5	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 E	-	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8

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