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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

Swim Report – June 19, 2022 – Last Spring Meetup!

July 2, 2022 By Steve

Being just on the cusp of the solstice, sunrise was WAY early (5:15am). But that didn’t stop several new and veteran Lake Monsters from gettingRead More

Swim Report – June 12, 2022 – 60F+!

June 17, 2022 By Steve

Finally punched through the 60F ceiling with the lake coming in at a near perfect 63.0F. The air was a bit cooler at 60F, butRead More

Swim Report – March 6, 2022 – Hints of Spring!

March 11, 2022 By Steve

We had some very gusty winds from the west, so I was expecting the lakefront to be a mess. But the swim area was perfectlyRead More

Swim Report – November 7, 2021 –

November 13, 2021 By Steve

Eight of us made it out to L1 at 6:30am just a few minutes before sunrise, and it was another splendid one! While we wereRead More

Swim Report – August 29, 2021 – Don’t Fence Us In!

September 4, 2021 By Steve

Good fences may make good neighbors, but this isn’t the case with swimming… The last meetup of August brought out several Lake Monsters to theRead More

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