City-front beach and small jetties on Lake Michigan that light up on short, wind-driven N-NE pulses - punchy, rideable peaks a short drive from downtown Chicago. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Chicago Breaks in Illinois.
Forecast
As of:
Shoreline jetties and occasional nearshore rocks concentrate peely peaks but create uneven sandbars and localized hazards at low tide.
Best, cleanest sessions come on short-period N to NNE wind-swell with a W-SW landward breeze (makes the lineup offshore).
Tides/seiche have only a minor effect, but timing with onshore gust windows matters.
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