Author: Steve

Sunday morning brought us a 32F lake with air temperatures landing at 15F. But we lucked out with no wind, calm water, and a magnificentRead More

The good news was that the lake came in at 33F and was mostly clear except for a skin of ice that was still formingRead More

The lake stabilized slightly after this week’s heavy rain and warm weather, giving us a 35F water temperature reading by L1. This is was muchRead More

In one of those rare confluences of space and time, the winter solstice for 2025 took place at 9:03am this year, which was within strikingRead More

We had an overnight snow dump early Sunday morning, and the streets were still mostly unplowed when I began the trek to L1. So itRead More

I was out of town the prior weekend, so I missed out on one of the last truly balmy swims of the year. But theRead More

The in-swim lake temp came in at 49F, signaling the beginning of the Lake Michigan’s fall turnover and ending the unseasonably warm streak we’ve beenRead More

L1 UPDATE: 53F lake temp, 42F air temp, slight swells and overcast skies. But we did get a brief surreal sunrise on our first NovemberRead More

L1 UPDATE: 58F lake temp, 48F air temp, slightly windy with some rather vigorous shops. But the water was clear and fresh with another amazingRead More