Lake Michigan Surfers
Lynne and I wanted to get away for the weekend, so we took a drive to the other side of Lake Michigan. We went south through Chicago, then east through Gary IN, and then made our way north to Grand Haven MI. Grand Haven is directly east of Milwaukee.
One of the things Grand Haven is known for is surfing. Yeah, you read that right, surfing. Nice waves form near the Grand Haven Lighthouse when the wind blows from the west. It was blowing out of the south-west on Saturday and there were about 10 surfers out there. Here are some pictures I took. These aren’t the greatest pictures I’ve ever taken. The glare from the pier was horrible and I had to fight every exposure.
It was very nice on Saturday with temps in the mid 60′s. I don’t think that matter much to these guys though. When the waves are up, they go surfing, even if it’s snowing.
I just checked and the water temperature in that area is about 50 degrees right now. That’s interesting because it’s currently in the low 40′s here in Kenosha.
Great photos. If I didn’t know better I would swear I was looking at Huntington Beach! I believe there is a webcam showing this pier also, right? Any idea what the water temperature is there now? I’m sure it’s “Brrrrr!!!!!”
I told the water temp in the post sir.
LOL
And the main reason I told it in the post,
I knew you would ask
Wait till you see the other pictures from there, it totally reminds me of the California coast.
Hey you’re right – you did put the water temp in. Curses, foiled again. In glancing quickly I thought that was a reference to the air temp. So are you saying the water temp at Grand Haven is in the 50′s while in Kenosha the water temp is in the 40′s? What is your explanation of that, Steven? Hah – gotcha! You made me ask more questions.
Not sure as to why the big temp difference, I’m curious about it too. I’ll see what I can find.
Here’s the site I use to watch the water temps, http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/twomichigans.html
The NOAA has a pretty cool site too. It monitors all of the Great Lakes: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/