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Swim Report – October 23, 2022 – Indian Summer

October 27, 2022 By Steve

The surge of warmer weather continued into Sunday with the air temp coming in at 67F at 7:00am. The lake came in at an evenRead More

Swim Report – October 16, 2022 – Fall Chill

October 20, 2022 By Steve

We got our first taste of the colder weather last Sunday with a 38F air temp greeting us at 6:45am. However, the lake was stillRead More

Swim Report – October 2, 2022 – In Like a Lion

October 4, 2022 By Steve

Old Man Winter might not be here yet, but he put his equally tempestuous nephew in charge of things to usher in October. While theRead 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 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 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

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