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Swim Report – July 31, 2022 – Late Summer Perfection

August 4, 2022 By Steve

Our last meetup of July couldn’t have been more perfect! The lake came in at 72.2F (in swim), and the air temp was already 70FRead More

Swim Report – July 24, 2022 – Dodging the T-Storms

July 27, 2022 By Steve

Very ugly looking skies greeted me at 5:35am, and I heard what I thought was thunder as soon as I arrived on site at L1.Read More

Swim Report – July 17, 2022 – Morning Fog

July 27, 2022 By Steve

Quick update – got in 1/2 mile in a slightly choppy 73.8F lake. There were some intermittent downpours during the swim, but no thunder orRead More

Swim Report – July 10, 2022 – 70F+

July 10, 2022 By Steve

After the slight temperature regression last week, Lake Michigan rebounded and gave us a 73.0F lake this morning which was an absolute joy to swimRead More

Swim Report – July 3, 2022 – Thermocline Edition

July 10, 2022 By Steve

We lucked out the morning before the holiday as the lake temperature 48 hours prior was hovering at 60F thanks to an inversion of colderRead More

Swim Report – June 19, 2022 – Last Spring Meetup!

July 2, 2022 By Steve

Being just on the cusp of the solstice, sunrise was WAY early (5:15am). But that didn’t stop several new and veteran Lake Monsters from gettingRead More

Swim Report – June 12, 2022 – 60F+!

June 17, 2022 By Steve

Finally punched through the 60F ceiling with the lake coming in at a near perfect 63.0F. The air was a bit cooler at 60F, butRead More

Swim Report – June 5, 2022 – More Spring Chops

June 17, 2022 By Steve

Another morning with some choppy conditions, but still a very pleasant swim. The lake temp came in at 59.0F lake temp which was tempered byRead More

Swim Report – May 22, 2022 – Closing in on 60F!

May 26, 2022 By Steve

The lake temp came in at just under 56F but was an absolute joy to swim in. Although we didn’t have the warmer air temperaturesRead More

Swim Report – May 15, 2022 – Plateau

May 26, 2022 By Steve

The rising lake temperatures stalled a bit this week and came in at 52.0F on Sunday morning. But we had a very balmy 65F airRead More

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