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[2025-06-24] Fun stuff: The GREAT LAKES SURF FESTIVAL 2025 Mark your calendar! The GREAT LAKES SURF FESTIVAL at Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon, MI, August 9th, 2025, from 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Plan your surfing sessions on the Great Lakes with surfradar.info! See summary of surf conditions and wave forecast for the Great Lakes for the USA and Canada. Drill down to the current buoy data and web cams for select spots. Best forecasts for surfers, bodyboarders, kiters, fishermen, yachtsmen and boaters on lake Ontario, lake Erie, lake Michigan, lake Huron and lake Superior. The Great Lakes surf forecast is refreshed every 3 hours from Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System (GLCFS). Normally, the fun begins with reported waves of 3 ft (0.91 m), but still, please double check with the nearest buoy or surf-cam and read the Disclaimer. Currently we have surfcams at dashboards for Port Stanley ON, Sauble Beach ON by Sauble Trading Post, Grand Bend ON, Kincardine ON, Fifty Point ON (near Hamilton), Toronto ON, Rochester NY, Chicago IL, Holland MI (Grand Haven is nearby). There are also weather cams (surf line is not seen): Erie PA, Mentor, OH.

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Latest Great Lakes surf nowcast from WAVEWATCH III, with spots by surfradar.info

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The summary forecast table below is generated at 08/09/2025 06:43 EDT (data 08/09/2025 03:10 EDT). See individual spot pages and the latest GLERL's maps for the most current data.
The chart shows when to expect maximum wave Significant Height at given Spots. The 1st number is expected maximum wave Significant Height in feet, then hour or begin-end hours. Currently NOAA is providing just 72 hour of forecast in maps.
"~" means surf drop between peaks; "–" designates consistent surf expected between start and end time.
CountryLakeSpotFri Aug 08Sat Aug 09Sun Aug 10Mon Aug 11
USAErieAshtabula0 at 09:00–23:001 at 20:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAErieBuffalo0 at 09:00–23:001 at 05:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganChicago1 at 09:00–23:002 at 08:00~23:002 at 08:001 at 02:00–08:00
USAErieCleveland1 at 19:00–20:001 at 20:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioCobourg1 at 09:00–10:001 at 08:00–11:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USASuperiorDuluth1 at 13:00~23:001 at 02:00–05:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganEmpire2 at 19:001 at 05:00–23:002 at 14:001 at 02:00–08:00
USAEriePresquile SP0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioFifty Point0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganFrankfort3 at 19:00–20:002 at 05:00–14:002 at 14:002 at 08:00
USAErieFreeport Beach0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronGrand Bend0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganGrand Haven1 at 09:00–23:002 at 11:00~23:002 at 02:00~14:002 at 08:00
USASuperiorGrand Marais1 at 23:001 at 17:001 at 20:001 at 02:00
CanadaOntarioHamilton0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganHolland1 at 11:00~23:002 at 23:002 at 02:002 at 08:00
USAMichiganIndiana Dunes0 at 09:00–23:001 at 08:003 at 02:001 at 08:00
USASuperiorKeweenaw North1 at 15:00–23:002 at 11:001 at 05:00–08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronKincardine1 at 10:00–23:001 at 02:00–23:001 at 02:00–20:001 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaErieKingsville1 at 09:00~23:001 at 02:00~23:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaErieLeamington1 at 09:001 at 08:00~23:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaErieLeamington East Beach1 at 09:00~23:001 at 02:00~23:001 at 02:00~08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronMeaford0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAErieMentor0 at 09:00–23:001 at 20:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganMilwaukee3 at 16:00–23:003 at 11:00~20:002 at 02:001 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganOgden Dunes0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:002 at 02:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioOshawa1 at 09:00–11:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioPickering1 at 09:00~20:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaEriePort Colborne1 at 09:00–12:001 at 05:00–11:001 at 05:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAHuronPort Huron1 at 19:00–20:001 at 02:00~23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaEriePort Stanley1 at 09:00–17:002 at 08:00–11:002 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioPresqu'ile Point1 at 09:00–13:001 at 08:00–11:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAOntarioRochester0 at 09:00–23:001 at 17:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioSandbanks PP1 at 09:00–12:001 at 05:00–11:001 at 05:00–08:001 at 08:00
USAErieSandusky1 at 17:00–23:001 at 05:00~23:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronSarnia0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronSauble Beach1 at 15:00~23:001 at 02:00~20:001 at 02:00~20:001 at 02:00–08:00
USAOntarioSelkirk Shores0 at 09:00–23:001 at 05:00–08:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaErieSelkirk PP2 at 09:00–10:002 at 08:002 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganSheboygan3 at 17:00–23:003 at 02:00~14:003 at 02:001 at 02:00–08:00
USAOntarioSouthwick Beach0 at 09:00–23:001 at 05:00–08:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USASuperiorStoney Point2 at 23:002 at 05:001 at 08:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaOntarioToronto1 at 20:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
CanadaHuronWasaga Beach0 at 09:00–23:000 at 02:00–23:000 at 02:00–20:000 at 02:00–08:00
USAMichiganWhiting0 at 09:00–23:001 at 08:00~23:002 at 02:000 at 02:00–08:00

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