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Swim Report – April 13, 2025 – Holding Steady

April 27, 2025 By Steve

While the lake temp stayed consistent at 48F, the air temp came in at a much warmer 53F – way more in line with spring!Read More

Swim Report – February 2, 2025 – Warm Spell

February 9, 2025 By Steve

Our first meetup of February gave us a 33F lake and an outside air temp of 31F – a huge bump from earlier in theRead More

Swim Report – December 8, 2024 – Late Autumn Warm Spell

December 25, 2024 By Steve

We lucked out with the lake temp still out of the cellar (40F) and the air temp an even more balmy at 42F . TheRead More

Swim Report – November 10, 2024 – Warm Spell

November 13, 2024 By Steve

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

Swim Report – October 12, 2024 – Turbulence

November 2, 2024 By Steve

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

Swim Report – September 22, 2024 – Equinox Edition

October 3, 2024 By Steve

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

Swim Report – September 14, 2024 – Late Summer Chops

October 3, 2024 By Steve

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

Swim Report – September 8, 2024 – Hints of Autumn

September 12, 2024 By Steve

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

Swim Report – August 18, 2024 – Distant Storms

August 21, 2024 By Steve

We got out to the lake early enough in the day to avoid the beach advisory. So instead of 5+ foot waves, we just hadRead More

Swim Report – August 11, 2024 – Halcyon Days

August 21, 2024 By Steve

The Air Show morning gave us a 75F lake temp, a 58F air temp, and perfect swimming conditions. Sunrise was at 5:50am, and boy wasRead More

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