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[2025-10-05] Site update: Windy City got winds! New and improved forecast for ~7 days with winds, wave period, and precipitation chance at Chicago Surf Dashboard. Michigan South End and Cleveland joined the suit.

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 12/11/2025 15:49 EST (data 12/11/2025 12:30 EST). 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.
CountryLakeSpotWed Dec 10Thu Dec 11Fri Dec 12Sat Dec 13
USAErieAshtabula6 at 20:00–23:006 at 01:00~13:002 at 01:00–04:006 at 13:00
USAErieBuffalo3 at 20:00–21:003 at 19:001 at 01:004 at 19:00
USAMichiganChicago6 at 20:00–21:004 at 01:00–02:003 at 19:002 at 01:00–19:00
USAErieCleveland6 at 20:00–23:005 at 01:00–05:001 at 01:004 at 13:00–19:00
CanadaOntarioCobourg2 at 20:001 at 10:00–19:000 at 01:00–19:005 at 13:00
USASuperiorDuluth1 at 20:00–23:001 at 01:002 at 16:00–19:001 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganEmpire5 at 20:00–23:005 at 01:00–07:003 at 19:006 at 07:00
USAEriePresquile SP6 at 20:00–22:007 at 10:00~13:004 at 01:007 at 13:00
CanadaOntarioFifty Point4 at 20:003 at 01:00–05:000 at 01:00–19:002 at 13:00–19:00
USAMichiganFrankfort6 at 20:005 at 01:00–06:004 at 19:006 at 07:00
USAErieFreeport Beach6 at 21:00–22:007 at 10:00~16:002 at 04:00–07:007 at 13:00
CanadaHuronGrand Bend8 at 21:00–23:008 at 02:00–04:003 at 01:005 at 13:00–19:00
USAMichiganGrand Haven0 at 20:00–23:005 at 01:00–02:005 at 19:007 at 01:00–07:00
USASuperiorGrand Marais8 at 21:00–23:008 at 05:002 at 01:00–10:0013 at 13:00
CanadaOntarioHamilton2 at 20:00–23:002 at 01:00–03:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 07:00–19:00
USAMichiganHolland8 at 20:005 at 01:00–03:005 at 19:007 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganIndiana Dunes8 at 20:005 at 01:00–05:005 at 19:005 at 07:00
USASuperiorKeweenaw North8 at 22:005 at 01:00–03:004 at 19:008 at 07:00
CanadaHuronKincardine8 at 21:00–23:009 at 06:003 at 01:008 at 19:00
CanadaErieKingsville1 at 20:00–23:002 at 07:00–16:000 at 01:00–19:002 at 01:00–19:00
CanadaErieLeamington1 at 22:00–23:002 at 06:00~16:001 at 01:002 at 01:00~19:00
CanadaErieLeamington East Beach1 at 22:00–23:001 at 01:00~13:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 01:00–19:00
CanadaHuronMeaford8 at 22:00–23:007 at 01:003 at 01:002 at 13:00–19:00
USAErieMentor6 at 20:00–22:006 at 05:002 at 01:005 at 07:00–19:00
USAMichiganMilwaukee4 at 20:00–23:003 at 01:00–03:002 at 07:00~19:002 at 01:00–19:00
USAMichiganOgden Dunes8 at 20:005 at 01:00–03:004 at 19:004 at 07:00
CanadaOntarioOshawa0 at 20:00–23:000 at 01:00–22:000 at 01:00–19:004 at 13:00
CanadaOntarioPickering2 at 20:00–21:001 at 01:00–06:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaEriePort Colborne3 at 23:003 at 07:001 at 01:005 at 19:00
USAHuronPort Huron6 at 20:003 at 03:00–06:001 at 01:00–10:001 at 01:00–19:00
CanadaEriePort Stanley1 at 20:00–22:004 at 10:002 at 01:003 at 07:00–13:00
CanadaOntarioPresqu'ile Point2 at 20:00–23:003 at 02:00–06:001 at 01:00–07:003 at 07:00
USAOntarioRochester5 at 23:008 at 03:00–06:003 at 01:00–04:003 at 13:00–19:00
CanadaOntarioSandbanks PP2 at 22:004 at 04:00~06:001 at 07:00~16:002 at 01:00
USAErieSandusky4 at 22:00–23:003 at 01:00–04:000 at 01:00–19:003 at 07:00–19:00
CanadaHuronSarnia6 at 20:00–23:005 at 01:00–02:001 at 01:00–10:002 at 13:00
CanadaHuronSauble Beach5 at 22:005 at 13:001 at 01:00~19:004 at 01:00
USAOntarioSelkirk Shores4 at 20:00–23:007 at 04:00~16:003 at 01:00–07:008 at 19:00
CanadaErieSelkirk PP2 at 20:00–23:004 at 16:000 at 01:00–19:003 at 07:00–19:00
USAMichiganSheboygan4 at 20:00–21:002 at 01:00–03:002 at 19:001 at 01:00–19:00
USAOntarioSouthwick Beach4 at 20:00–21:006 at 05:00–07:002 at 01:00–16:009 at 19:00
USASuperiorStoney Point0 at 20:00–23:000 at 01:00–22:001 at 10:00–13:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioToronto2 at 21:00–22:002 at 16:000 at 01:00–19:003 at 13:00
CanadaHuronWasaga Beach5 at 20:005 at 04:002 at 01:003 at 13:00
USAMichiganWhiting5 at 20:00–22:004 at 01:002 at 04:00~19:002 at 07:00
 
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