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Swim Report – September 15, 2018 – Late Summer Bliss

September 15, 2018 By Steve

I was MIA last weekend thanks to getting zapped by a norovirus courtesy of Hurricane Joseph. But it looks like I didn’t miss out onRead More

Swim Report – September 1, 2018 – Red in Morning, Sailor’s Warning

September 4, 2018 By Steve

The raucous storms from just an hour prior to sunrise did nothing to deter the intrepid Lake Monsters who came out to L1 on SaturdayRead More

Swim Report – August 25, 2018 – Calm After the Storm

August 27, 2018 By Steve

Last week was quite a chaotic one for Lake Michigan. On the west shore, we saw some very heavy swells that created all sorts ofRead More

Swim Report – August 11, 2018 – Heat Wave

August 13, 2018 By Steve

Last week brought in some lower air temperatures and intermittent t-storms. I was hoping that these might temper the lake a bit (or perhaps evenRead More

Swim Report – July 28, 2018 – Paradise at 5:40am

July 29, 2018 By Steve

Another very brief report… We had nearly perfect conditions at 5:40am yesterday morning. The air temp at that time was 68.0F with the lake tempRead More

Swim Report – July 21, 2018 – Thermocline Snapback

July 27, 2018 By Steve

I just got back from vacation, so this is a super late (and super brief) report. Suffice to say, we managed to get in aRead More

Swim Report – July 14, 2018 – Peak Summer

July 15, 2018 By Steve

The forecast called for possible storms yesterday morning. But we only got a bit of a drizzle – and this happened long after we hadRead More

Swim Report – July 7, 2018 – Post Holiday Chops

July 10, 2018 By Steve

The lakefront was shut down on Friday due to heavy surf and dangerous currents, so I didn’t know if Saturday morning would be a go.Read More

Swim Report – June 16, 2018 – Goodbye Spring!

June 17, 2018 By Steve

The thunderstorms of Friday night may have caused many of us to lose precious sleep, but at least they were decent enough to move outRead More

Swim Report – June 2, 2018 – 60F+

June 4, 2018 By Steve

Following a sweltering Memorial Day weekend, the air temperature dropped late last week and gave us some rather unseasonably cool weather for the start ofRead More

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