Introduction (Please Read this First!) Here at OWC, a small group of us will continue to swim during the months of November through March –Read More
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We knew it wouldn’t last, but wouldn’t it have been nice for Lake Michigan to still be in the 50Fs at the start of December?Read More
When I arrived at L1 just around 6:50am, I was expecting a cold and turbulent lake. But the lake came in at 52.2F with justRead More
With the 12mph forecasted winds, I was expecting a very choppy lake at 6:30am. Fortunately for us, the weatherman was wrong again and the lakeRead More
The good news was that the lake came in at an unseasonably warm 57F lake temp, which more than made up for the 50F airRead More
Out last official swim of October gave us a 58F lake at 7:15am – no longer in the 60F’s but close enough for our purposes!Read More
Sustained winds from the northeast gave us a chaotic lake at 7:00am. But the water temp came in at a very pleasant 66F, almost atRead More
Our very last swim of summer 2024 was about as ideal as could get. The lake came in at 74F with the air close byRead More
For our last swim of Summer 2024, Ma Nature gave us a 72F lake and 72F air at 6:30am. We had to contend with slightRead More
The 50F air was a bit of a surprise to us when we arrived just before 6:20am. But fortunately the lake was still a magnificentRead More