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DPR

Mar 8, 2009, 11:23 PM

THis site should have a great lakes forcast.

CharlieInOC

Mar 9, 2009, 12:26 AM

Here you go ------ crappy 99.9% of the time.:D

Swellinfo

Mar 9, 2009, 12:54 AM

THis site should have a great lakes forcast.

can be done...

do you surf the great lakes?

super fish

Mar 9, 2009, 01:04 AM

I have heard lake michigan gets some waves. I've seen some pictures...seems to be always in the winter with a strong cold front

Aguaholic

Mar 9, 2009, 01:54 AM

Believe it or not....But, there has been reports of rouge waves in the Great Lakes.

terra-firma intolerant

Mar 9, 2009, 02:22 AM

Believe it or not....But, there has been reports of rouge waves in the Great Lakes.

I bet there's this one hardcore local who plans like weeks in advance for that one wave.

wbsurfer

Mar 9, 2009, 02:52 AM

I bet there's this one hardcore local who plans like weeks in advance for that one wave.

led i can see you or me doing that. except i almost did when i was visiting my grandma in new york right beside the great lakes. but i realized i forgot my wetsuit.

terra-firma intolerant

Mar 9, 2009, 12:33 PM

led i can see you or me doing that. except i almost did when i was visiting my grandma in new york right beside the great lakes. but i realized i forgot my wetsuit.

You should've gone out anyways- It would've been just for that one rogue wave, remember?

MDSurfer

Mar 9, 2009, 02:15 PM

a surf report for the Great Lakes would necessarily include a full schedule of major shipping freight carriers as the most reliable predictor of incoming swells, right? That, and you'd have to include tonnage for each of the carriers because that would make a difference. You know, water displacement and all.

jk06385

Mar 9, 2009, 03:01 PM

No. great Lake surfers dont rely on ships, they rely on fetch just like us, just not on such a large scale.... i think

aka pumpmaster

Mar 9, 2009, 03:54 PM

Take a look at the movie Unsalted. Pretty interesting and they DO get waves on limited occasions, just not a place to plan a surf trip tho.

DavidOlya

Mar 9, 2009, 10:29 PM

Here is a video of the lakes with at least double overhead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbxLk8_C8c

DPR

Mar 9, 2009, 11:35 PM

Ive sponged there a couple of times and i had no idea when there would be and good swell cumming in. They do have good breaks though like a lot of point breaks and unsalted is awesome.