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Swim Report – September 25, 2022 – Happy Autumn!

October 4, 2022 By Steve

As if on cue, the lake had dipped below 70F for our first fall meetup and gave us a 52F air temp – a notRead More

Swim Report – September 17, 2022 – Last Summer Meetup!

October 4, 2022 By Steve

We ended summer 2022 on a high note with a 72.6F lake and comparable air temperatures. Plus we had a very calm lake with idealRead More

Swim Report – September 11, 2022 – Hint of Sunshine

September 16, 2022 By Steve

Once again, the forecast was not optimistic and called for heavy rains and high wave advisories. But it’s almost always calmer in the morning, andRead More

Swim Report – September 4, 2022 – 70F+ Zone

September 5, 2022 By Steve

The forecast for Sunday morning was pretty grim – namely, a beach advisory with expected 7 foot waves. So I wasn’t too optimistic that thereRead More

Swim Report – August 14, 2022 – Summer Chops

August 14, 2022 By Steve

While we didn’t get much of a sunrise this morning as we had some pretty overcast skies. But we did have a uniformly warm lakeRead More

Swim Report – August 7, 2022 – Thermocline Surprise

August 11, 2022 By Steve

I got out to the lakefront a bit earlier than usual on Sunday, so I managed to catch the amazing colors that preceded the sunrise.Read More

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

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