Racine Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Lake Michigan, USA)

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Photo by: Jack Jorgensen

Racine Surf Guide

Racine in Lake Michigan is an exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf Offshore winds blow from the south southwest. The short fetch makes for windswells rather than groundswells and the best wave direction is from the northeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Watch out for rocks.

Racine Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
fairly consistent	51°F*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Racine:

The best conditions reported for surf at Racine occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the South-southwest.

Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

12 Day Forecast

Explore Racine Location Map

Interactive Racine surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Racine is General Mitchell International (Milwaukee) Airport (MKE) in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Racine is Waukegan Rgnl (Chicago) Airport (UGN), also in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Racine Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

12 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 22:11 Local Time

m, °C	Tue	Wednesday 04
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (ft)
Period (s)	-	-	-	-
Wind (mph)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	on

What does Racine look like?

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Credit: Jack Jorgensen

Racine Sea Temperature

Don't be misled by the forecast of warm air temperatures at Racine because the water temperature at Racine is much colder (10.8 °C) than the air (24.0 °C) today. Surfers will need a decent quality spring wetsuit, gloves and boots and a hood if you expect to be duck-diving a lot. Feeling much more pleasant out of the water than in the sea today.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.