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Old 10-01-2011 | 11:34 AM
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Waves 24' at the buoy, 15' here in Saugatuck. No sign of WarHawk or AllezVite, though.

http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y1dEGxWT1A
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Old 10-01-2011 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ApachePete
Apache Weather!

Waves 24' at the buoy, 15' here in Saugatuck. No sign of WarHawk or AllezVite, though.

http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y1dEGxWT1A

That was a nice video of the waves rolling in and what a great looking deck to watch the Lake Michigan from.

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Old 10-01-2011 | 08:24 PM
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Alot of big ones out there yesterday.

Should see the shots of the people on the bike path in Chicago almost getting washed nto the lake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BgWG-9XAs
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Old 10-02-2011 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Toddler
Alot of big ones out there yesterday.

Should see the shots of the people on the bike path in Chicago almost getting washed nto the lake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BgWG-9XAs
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Old 10-02-2011 | 09:30 PM
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Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
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Old 10-03-2011 | 03:05 AM
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15' waves? Those on your shoreline looked to be 4-5' max what kind of measuring stick are you guys using down there I could see there being larger ones out in open deeper water.. but those are not even close to 15s near shore
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15' waves? Those on your shoreline looked to be 4-5' max what kind of measuring stick are you guys using down there I could see there being larger ones out in open deeper water.. but those are not even close to 15s near shore
Open water buoys had waves as high as 30" in sections of the lake.
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Old 10-03-2011 | 11:21 AM
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapi...ord_at_la.html

Type in "23 foot wave" in the search box, and then "GO"

Note especially the NOAA graphic, showing the wave heights east of the buoy measuring 23' are even greater.

Sorry my movie didn't adequately capture the true height, as there are no reference points.

The deck I'm on is 60' above the water level.

I've raced in true 5-6 footers in Lake Michingan, Coco Beach and Key West, and I'm positive that what I filmed was MUCH larger. There's no way in hell I would have attempted boating that day . . . in any size boat.

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Old 10-03-2011 | 08:13 PM
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Every year I ride my Jet skis (not the lake lice annoying type) on lake michigan. Fun to jump 6 to 8 ft waves which happens often. Once in a while we ride in 12-15ft and they are to fat at the base to even jump. Even out by the sleeping bear sand dunes where the dunes are over 400ft tall, when between the waves I can not even see land!!
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Old 10-04-2011 | 12:39 AM
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Those waves can look deceptively small when you're standing on shore----until you actually get out there! I've made that mistake a few times in past years with Lake Michigan.

Anyway, nice little spot you have on the lake there Pete!
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