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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Michigan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Michigan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Michigan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Michigan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Michigan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Michigan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Michigan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Michigan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Michigan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Michigan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 08			Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun				Mon		Tue
	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Vilano Jetty Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.9 SE	2.5 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	6	7	7	10	10	11	11	11	9	11	10	9	-	-	7	7	8	8	9	9	6
Energy(?)	22	125	103	289	900	1500	637	635	695	353	345	290	111	0	0	65	675	201	291	106	126	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	on	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:26PM 1.34	1:25AM 1.40			2:16PM 0.28			3:10PM 0.27		3:14PM 1.06	4:05PM 0.24	7:08PM 0.23		5:15PM 0.21	n/a n/a	6:31PM 0.63	6:25PM 0.80	5:36AM 1.38	7:20PM 0.69		7:46AM 0.66
Low Tide / height (m)	2:24AM -0.02		7:20PM 0.63	8:12AM 0.43				4:11AM -0.02				6:05PM 0.23		5:33AM 0.02	6:18PM 0.21	n/a n/a		12:41AM 0.08	11:41AM -0.21		1:38AM 0.02	1:50PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	21	20	15	13	14	14	14	6	20	5	6	12	7	21	14	17	17	24	22	22
Low °C	17	18	20	15	15	13	12	13	13	4	20	0	1	10	3	20	13	17	17	23	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	20	13	10	13	13	13	3	20	1	3	12	4	21	12	16	17	24	22	22
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SW	-	0.9 SE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	10	11	11	11	9	11	10	9	5	-	7	-	8	8	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 E	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	9	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	-	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	1.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	7	10	10	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	5	6	-	7	9	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.9 E	3.0 NNE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	10	8	8	8	8	6	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	18	60	57	54	125	127	103	140	204	289	365	236	334	208	143	89	710	1816	1022	596	637	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 1.47					1:19PM 0.29								2:16PM 0.28	n/a n/a		3:00AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)				7:15AM 0.37												n/a n/a	8:38PM 0.15				9:42AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	0	-1	0	18	20	21	20	20	18	7	15	16	18	20	4	13	20	13	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	22	-4	-5	-5	17	20	21	20	20	17	3	13	14	17	20	2	11	20	12	10	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	1.2 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 NNE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	10	-	7	8	8	6	-	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.8 NNE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	0.6 NW	1.9 E	-	1.9 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	2	2	6	6	-	-	8	7	4	8	8	8	-	4	10	-	10	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 08
	8PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Michigan	Alabama Point Alabama	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	White Point Beach Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North	Shackleford Banks Carolina North
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 S	-	0.3 NE	2.0 E	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	5	5	6	6	5	-	13	9	-	-	-
Energy(?)	46	107	81	72	20	22	24	34	37	39	458	52	75	90	125	43	0	64	700	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:44AM 1.47												n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)								2:24AM -0.02			6:09AM 0.11					n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	-1	-1	-1	21	21	20	19	19	19	9	17	16	17	18	3	10	21	14	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	23	-3	-4	-4	21	21	20	18	19	18	5	16	14	16	17	-2	6	20	12	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 S	2.4 ENE	2.3 S	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	5	5	6	6	5	8	7	9	9	9	9

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