Lake Superior Dashboard
Weather, waves, buoy observations, marine forecasts, webcams and trip-planning links for the biggest of the Great Lakes.
Lake Superior right now
Choose a reporting station to update the conditions cards.
Start with your ZIP code
Find up to three nearby reporting Lake Superior stations or pull a National Weather Service land forecast for your ZIP.
Nearest Lake Superior buoys
Forecast by ZIP
Wind, waves & temperature
Pan and zoom around Lake Superior. Switch layers without leaving the dashboard.
Lake Superior buoy & station grid
Latest available observations from NOAA/NDBC. A dash means the station is not currently reporting that measurement.
Western Lake Superior
Central Lake Superior
Sunrise & sunset
Three reference points keep the times useful across Superior’s width and Central/Eastern time-zone split.
Look at the lake
A shoreline spread for ships, storms, harbors, islands and the Ontario shore.
Before you head out
Around Lake Superior
The lake is more than weather. Jump into communities, fishing and boating, or one of the best birding and wild-place shorelines in the Great Lakes.
Communities & scenic stops
Duluth, Grand Marais, Bayfield, Keweenaw, Marquette, Munising, Thunder Bay and the Ontario shore.
Explore communities →Fishing & boating
State and provincial fishing resources, marinas, launch information and on-water planning.
Fish & boat Superior →Birding & wild places
Hawk Ridge, Whitefish Point, Apostle Islands, Sleeping Giant, Pukaskwa and more.
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