Lake Michigan surf pics

[K-SCARB]

The lake was huge yesterday here are some pics close to shore. Out past the pier at Muskegon there was 15ft swells breaking at 10 to 8ft a little further in.

 

[superramjet]

i would love to ride that, nice salt free waves. very nice

 

[djkorn1]

Those pics look like 2-3 footers..?:bigeyes2:

 

[K-SCARB]

Those pics look like 2-3 footers..?:bigeyes2:

Those pics were taking very close to shore, farther out like I said they were larger. Here is another pic, the waves are breaking over Aaron's head and he is roughly 6ft tall so most of the time they where ruffly 8 to 10 and farther out the swells were even larger. Sorry for the miscommunication but this wasn't your average 2-3 foot day.

 

[Frosty]

Nice!!!

 

[blaster800]

The lake was huge yesterday here are some pics close to shore. Out past the pier at Muskegon there was 15ft swells breaking at 10 to 8ft a little further in.

looks good to me ! i like that fresh water stuff !

 

[djkorn1]

That pic shows them. :cheer: Nice ones...I can't wait till we get some on Lake Erie!

Those pics were taking very close to shore, farther out like I said they were larger. Here is another pic, the waves are breaking over Aaron's head and he is roughly 6ft tall so most of the time they where ruffly 8 to 10 and farther out the swells were even larger. Sorry for the miscommunication but this wasn't your average 2-3 foot day.

 

[absentx]

whats the water temp like? Low seventies?

Is surf riding something that you can just go out and tackle? I live right in Milwaukee and have had my ski for a summer and a half now.

I am confident on it, and am starting to experiment with some stuff that is more difficult, but I am not sure about taking on 6 footers on the big pond...but I would love to try.

What happens if you dump??

 

[DaUpJetSkier]

ride with ppl and dont get into the nasty stuff if your not ready to ride out and hold on.

 

[KaosFreestyle]

I have not seen this side of Michigan like that before. Though I also have not seen what small craft advisory waves look like. That was what was expected this past weekend with 3 to 6 ft waves settling down to 2 to 4 ft waves.

Their is a small craft advisory tomorrow, Im thinking of finally heading out their and checking it out in person for once.

 

[Dirtybird]

A group of us are planning on coming to Lake MI during October when a small craft advisory comes about. I'm sure the waves are nice then!

 

[djkorn1]

The great lakes are killer when you get a Small Craft Advisory. Thats when I like to take my small craft out uppy_dog_eyes:. Gale Warnings are even better! Make sure the wind direction is going the right way or the waves will only be big a mile out.

If your on the West Shore, you want an East Wind and vice versa.

 

[D-Roc]

lake erie "wave" season should be happening soon. We had some nice ones on friday.

 

[Frosty]

Let the fall Lake Erie wave season begin, at least for the notheastern parts... this is for Ripley, PA to Buffalo, NY

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/LE/061.html

Today
Northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southeast 10 knots or less. Patchy dense fog this morning. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

Tuesday
West winds 10 to 20 knots. Chance of showers in the morning. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 4 to 6 feet.

Tuesday Night
West winds 15 to 25 knots becoming northwest to 30 knots. Waves 4 to 6 feet building to 6 to 9 feet.

Wednesday
Northwest winds 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to 20 knots. Waves 6 to 9 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.

Thursday
East winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less

Friday
South winds 10 to 20 knots becoming west. Chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet.

 

[djkorn1]

Damn...on the south side we aren't gonna have crap all week. :bs2:

 

[Frosty]

Damn...on the south side we aren't gonna have crap all week. :bs2:

that sucks bro. this time of year we get a lot of southwest winds... perfect for us...

 

[yamanube]

The surf report was calling for 3-5' this weekend on superior, couple of guys when out there and it was 3-5"....still waiting for a good day, I want to catch some freshwater surf!

 

[sjetrider]

Looks rough to me, prolly was better further out though huh?

 

[Dustin Mustangs]

Nice pics!

Looks like tomorrow may be promising as well, building to 3-6 during the day and then 6-10 in the evening (in my area). I'm hoping to get out there with a few guys, one of which has a helmet cam so hopefully we'll finally get some good footage with the thing. Given we go, we'll be around the pigeon lake channel starting around 630 or so if anyone's interested.

On a side note, here is a killer forecast / current conditions website for you great lake guys:

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/

:beerchug:

 

[accbr]

I need to make a trip up there.