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
Category: Swim Reports
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
We had a rare Saturday meetup due to the Chicago Marathon taking place the next day. But it turned out to be a great swimRead More
Lake Michigan isn’t quite ready to give up on summer – and that’s perfectly alright by me! The water temp came in at 68F (inRead More
Lake Michigan surged up to 72F this past Sunday giving us some wonderful conditions on the last official meetup of summer. We had some overcastRead More