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Swim Report – August 27, 2023 – Beach Hazard Edition

August 27, 2023 By Steve

Similar to two weeks ago, we had high waves driven by the sustained winds from the east. But the lake temp came in at 73F,Read More

Swim Report – August 20, 2023 – Air Show Edition

August 20, 2023 By Steve

The morning of the Air and Water Show is always a crapshoot since you never know what you might have to deal with around L1Read More

Swim Report – August 13, 2023 – That’s More Like It!

August 20, 2023 By Steve

After the mess that greeted us on August 6, this was a welcome change to say the least! Unlike the 6-foot swells from the priorRead More

Swim Report – July 30, 2023 – Goodbye July!

August 1, 2023 By Steve

Chicagoans like to sleep in during the summer which means that they often miss out on the best time of day. Last Sunday was noRead More

Swim Report – July 23, 2023 – High Summer

July 23, 2023 By Steve

We pretty much had the entire lake and lakefront to ourselves earlier this morning. Perhaps most of Chicago is on vacation this time of yearRead More

Swim Report – July 9, 2023 – Summer Bliss

July 9, 2023 By Steve

Keeping this short as it’s a perfect summer day today – and not one to squander in front of the computer! Bottom line, we hadRead More

Swim Report – July 2, 2023 – Beating the Devil

July 2, 2023 By Steve

We pretty much had the entire lakefront to ourselves at 5:20am. Not only was it ridiculously early in the morning, but we had a steadyRead More

Swim Report – June 25, 2023 – Early Summer Chops

June 25, 2023 By Steve

A rather boisterous thunderstorm passed through the area at 2:00am last night. And while it provided us with some much-needed rain, I was concerned thatRead More

Swim Report – June 18, 2023 – Threshold of Summer

June 18, 2023 By Steve

Another magical morning out at L1… We are on the verge of the summer solstice, so sunrise is an excruciatingly early 5:15am these days. TheRead More

Swim Report – June 11, 2023 – Channeling Autumn

June 11, 2023 By Steve

With the overcast skies, a biting wind, high volume swells, and an air temp in the low 50Fs, this morning seemed more like late SeptemberRead More

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