This would be cool

great lake forcast

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

 

can be done...

do you surf the great lakes?

 

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

 

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.

 

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?

 

Sooooo. . .

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

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