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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 04/28/2026 07:23 EST (data 04/28/2026 00:30 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.
CountryLakeSpotMon Apr 27Tue Apr 28Wed Apr 29Thu Apr 30
USAErieAshtabula1 at 16:00–22:001 at 04:00~22:002 at 13:00–19:002 at 01:00–07:00
USAErieBuffalo0 at 08:00–22:002 at 13:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganChicago4 at 22:002 at 01:001 at 13:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAErieCleveland1 at 22:002 at 04:002 at 13:00–19:002 at 01:00
CanadaOntarioCobourg1 at 22:001 at 22:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USASuperiorDuluth5 at 08:00–17:002 at 01:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganEmpire2 at 18:003 at 10:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAEriePresquile SP1 at 11:00–19:002 at 10:00–13:002 at 13:002 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioFifty Point2 at 18:00–19:001 at 01:00~16:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 07:00
USAMichiganFrankfort2 at 16:00~17:003 at 10:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAErieFreeport Beach1 at 13:00–18:002 at 10:002 at 13:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaHuronGrand Bend2 at 22:003 at 07:002 at 13:00–19:002 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganGrand Haven2 at 17:00–19:003 at 07:00~13:001 at 13:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USASuperiorGrand Marais2 at 16:00–19:008 at 13:003 at 01:001 at 07:00
CanadaOntarioHamilton2 at 19:00–22:001 at 01:00–04:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganHolland3 at 17:004 at 10:002 at 19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganIndiana Dunes2 at 15:00~22:002 at 04:00–10:001 at 13:00–19:001 at 01:00
USASuperiorKeweenaw North4 at 15:00~22:009 at 13:002 at 01:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaHuronKincardine1 at 15:00–22:004 at 07:002 at 19:003 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaErieKingsville1 at 09:00–22:003 at 04:00–07:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaErieLeamington1 at 12:00~22:003 at 04:00–07:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaErieLeamington East Beach2 at 15:00–22:004 at 04:00–07:001 at 07:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaHuronMeaford2 at 22:003 at 04:00–07:001 at 19:001 at 01:00–07:00
USAErieMentor1 at 17:00–22:002 at 07:00–10:002 at 13:00–19:002 at 01:00
USAMichiganMilwaukee5 at 16:00~22:004 at 01:001 at 04:00–13:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganOgden Dunes2 at 15:00~19:001 at 04:00–13:001 at 13:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioOshawa2 at 22:002 at 01:00~13:001 at 01:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioPickering2 at 18:00–22:002 at 01:00~13:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaEriePort Colborne1 at 19:00–22:003 at 13:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 07:00
USAHuronPort Huron2 at 22:002 at 01:00–07:002 at 13:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaEriePort Stanley2 at 17:00–22:004 at 07:00–10:001 at 19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioPresqu'ile Point1 at 22:003 at 07:00~19:001 at 01:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAOntarioRochester1 at 18:00–22:001 at 07:00–10:001 at 19:002 at 01:00
CanadaOntarioSandbanks PP0 at 08:00–22:003 at 10:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAErieSandusky1 at 08:00–22:002 at 04:00–07:002 at 13:001 at 01:00
CanadaHuronSarnia2 at 22:002 at 04:00–07:002 at 13:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaHuronSauble Beach1 at 22:004 at 13:001 at 01:00–19:003 at 07:00
USAOntarioSelkirk Shores0 at 08:00–22:001 at 07:00–22:000 at 01:00–19:001 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaErieSelkirk PP1 at 13:00–22:005 at 04:001 at 13:001 at 07:00
USAMichiganSheboygan7 at 15:005 at 01:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
USAOntarioSouthwick Beach0 at 08:00–22:001 at 07:00–22:001 at 01:001 at 01:00–07:00
USASuperiorStoney Point5 at 08:00–15:002 at 01:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaOntarioToronto2 at 18:00–22:002 at 01:000 at 01:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
CanadaHuronWasaga Beach1 at 14:00~17:002 at 10:001 at 19:001 at 01:00–07:00
USAMichiganWhiting2 at 14:00~22:001 at 01:00–07:001 at 13:00–19:000 at 01:00–07:00
 
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