Empire and Frankfort of State Michigan are along absolutely gorgeous rolling miles of sandy beaches with secluded surf breaks and dunes. From North to South, Empire, MI area first:

Sleeping Bear Point aka Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - you may have to walk quite a bit. Featured as #3 in The Best Places to Go Surfing on the Great Lakes

Village Park - clean and well maintained Empire Municipal Beach full set of amenities and a lighthouse.

Esch Road Beach

Then down to Frankfort, MI which has at least 2 surf spots:

Elberta Municipal Beach - beach break South of outlet.

Frankfort Municipal Beach - break North of lake outlet, best on SW wind.

For the current surf conditions check Frankfort Surf Cam by Michigan Dawn Patrol - it features live video stream, just wait till the page is loaded fully and click play in Adobe Flash Player container on the page. Despite it needs Adobe Flash Player, it works with Apple iOS 10.2 Safari (iPhone 5-7 and other Apple devices), Android 6.0.1 Chrome 56.0.2924.87, CM Browser 5.20.70

See latest local updates, local pictures and videos at Facebook: Glen Arbor Community on Facebook and Michigan Dawn Patrol Community