Category: Swim Reports

This time of year is one of extremes out at the lake. The air is often bracingly cold. The sun can be preternaturally bright onRead More

Here’s Dave, Mike, and Nick out at MSW getting in a morning swim in a blazing hot 37.5F Lake Michigan! I’m still fighting off aRead More

Dave and Mike took advantage of the amazing weather earlier in the week to get in a swim at Tower Beach. They, of course, textedRead More

The general consensus of this morning was that it was one of the coldest – if not the coldest – swim outing we’ve had sinceRead More

Yet another strange adventure out at the lakefront… Mike and I rolled into the park by Montrose Beach just before 8:00am, and something just didn’tRead More

Nick, Mike, and I met at Montrose South Wall for a Sunday morning swim, and we lucked out with crystal clear skies and a calmRead More

Mike and I snuck out to Gillson Beach for a mid-morning swim. The sun was out in force, and the wonderfully calm lake came inRead More

We sure lucked out this morning. The wind forecast called for up to 10mph gusts, but the lake was quite calm out at the southRead More

I’m really bummed about not being up in Chicago during the holidays. After all, I’ve already missed out on at least one really cool lakeRead More

Here is Dave, Nick, Mike, and Joe out at MSW for the first OWC winter swim of 2011 – 2012. It was an awesome sunnyRead More