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 13			Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Cupsogue Long Island NY	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	3	2	4	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	2.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	3.5 NW	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	8	5	5	8	11	10	5	8	6	9	11	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	104	4	121	735	5	5	1498	367	214	42	62	50	470	703	1859	715	2081	60	66	244	117	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 1.30	5:21PM 1.22	8:03PM 2.18	5:26AM 1.35			6:01AM 1.43		7:04PM 0.72	n/a n/a	7:20PM 1.68		10:53AM 2.69	n/a n/a		11:06PM 0.23	11:31AM 0.14	8:10PM 1.05	9:16AM 1.68		9:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 0.69	10:54AM 0.46		1:53AM 0.63	11:50AM 0.42	2:44PM 0.38	10:23PM 0.15	11:58AM 0.14	6:40AM -0.01	1:11AM 0.05	n/a n/a		12:53AM 0.02		n/a n/a	1:47PM 0.07		4:59AM 0.09	1:51AM -0.10	3:14AM 0.21	3:23PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	12	17	4	16	19	1	0	1	23	24	12	16	9	-6	3	-3	11	9	9	7	15
Low °C	0	10	17	0	15	16	-4	-3	1	22	20	8	15	6	-7	-2	-4	9	5	8	7	13
Chill °C (?)	-4	10	17	-3	16	19	-6	-5	-3	23	24	9	14	5	-14	-2	-10	9	6	5	4	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	6:58	-	6:48	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	6:58	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	-	1.8 SE	-	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	6	7	-	5	5	8	11	10	-	8	6	-	11	-	10	11	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	9	-	8	-	6	6	10	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	6	5	17	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	-	2.3 NNW	-	-	2.5 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 NW	1.8 SE	1.1 SW	3.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 NE	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	8	-	-	8	3	-	5	7	4	9	5	9	3	3	5	-	5	3	-

	Thu		Friday 13									Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	5PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Higgins Beach Maine	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 WNW	2.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.0 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	4	10	6	7	6	7	7	5	5	3	7	9	10	11
Energy(?)	125	381	343	62	378	74	73	47	5	485	540	88	130	229	97	4	2	2	57	368	400	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	-	low	high	mid-flow	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:09AM 1.30	7:12AM 2.46					n/a n/a		4:28AM 0.96		n/a n/a							6:25AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			10:05PM 0.68	12:51AM 0.69			9:18AM 0.21				n/a n/a	11:10PM 0.25			n/a n/a				10:23PM 0.15	12:07AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light snow	clear	light snow	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	6	2	-3	-3	-3	1	13	14	19	0	19	9	3	0	19	19	19	2	-3	-4	-3
Chill °C (?)	-1	4	-3	-8	-10	-8	-3	13	14	19	-5	19	6	-2	-2	19	19	19	-3	-10	-10	-8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31
Sunset	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	1.6 SSE	1.0 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	4	10	7	7	11	7	7	5	5	3	7	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	11	11	4	8	9	9	6	6	9	6	7	11	-	-	5	-	5	11	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	2.2 NNW	-	1.2 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	3	-	2	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	6	-	6	4	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	3

	Thursday 12									Friday 13
	3PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Higgins Beach Maine	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	South Haven Lake Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 NW	1.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	4.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	11	6	6	8	8	8	3	4	4	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	149	404	415	127	381	85	145	25	7	89	42	265	30	55	2394	9	9	9	74	505	507	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:03PM 1.19				7:02PM 2.13					n/a n/a				n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)							8:17PM 0.19	9:07PM 0.25			n/a n/a				n/a n/a		5:32AM -0.04			10:54AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	7	7	2	6	-1	2	9	12	20	-2	13	2	-3	4	11	11	10	0	-3	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	1	4	4	-2	3	-7	-4	5	10	20	-5	10	-2	-10	-3	9	9	8	-5	-10	-9	-9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	7	9	9	7	8	8	8	7	6	11	6	9	8	8	-	6	4	4	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.3 SE	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	6	6	8	11	8	-	8	-	8	-	-	9	5	-	5	6	6	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.6 W	-	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 S	-	1.8 NE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	4.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	3	8	8	3	-	2	3	4	4	4	-	6	4	4	8	3	4	4	3	4	4	4

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