Great Lakes Wave Buoys

Local Great Lakes wave buoys are also listed on the map on the main surf reports page (the small circle icons) or here is a comprehensive list of buoys in the region:

45001 MID SUPERIOR 60NM North Northeast Hancock, MI
45002 N MICHIGAN- Halfway between North Manitou and Washington Islands.
45003 N HURON 37NM Northeast of Alpena, MI
45004 78NM Northeast of Marquette, MI
45005 W ERIE 28NM Northwest of Cleveland, OH
45006 W SUPERIOR 48NM North of Ironwood, MI
45007 S MICHIGAN 43NM East Southeast of Milwaukee, WI
45008 S HURON 43NM East of Oscoda, MI
45020 Grand Traverse Bay Observing System Station 1
45021 Traverse Bay #3, MI
45022 Little Traverse Bay, MI
45023 Portage Canal
45132 Port Stanley
45136 Slate Island
45137 Georgian Bay
45139 West Lake Ontario - Grimsby
45140 Lake Winnipeg S. Basin
45142 Port Colborne
45143 South Georgian Bay
45144 Lake Winnipeg North
45145 Lake Winnipeg Narrows
45147 Lake St Clair
45148 Lake of the Woods
45149 Southern Lake Huron
45151 Lake Simcoe
45152 Lake Nipissing
45154 North Channel East
45159 NW Lake Ontario Ajax

SwellTrack

The NOAA choose a number of buoy locations to issue full spectral forecasts for. Although the wave buoy doesn't actually have anything to do with the forecast (The SwellTrack spectral information is all produced by the NWWIII Model) it's useful to compare the SwellTrack with the actual observations to spot the arrival of a new swell front. These spectral forecasts are simply the most detailed idea of what's coming in the days ahead...