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Wind

Live from the closest real wind sensor, next to the NWS official forecast and the HRRR/GFS model for the water just off this spot.
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13 NWS official (mph)g18 gusts8 HRRR/GFS modelarrow points the way the wind blows
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Surf Forecast

Every daylight hour scored the same way as Spot Check, using forecast wind plus the NWS wave forecast. Tap a day for hour-by-hour.
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Wave Height Outlook

Wave ranges from the official NWS nearshore forecast for this spot's zone.
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NWS Marine Forecast

Official nearshore forecast text for this spot's zone.

Port Washington to North Point Light, WI

ZONE LMZ644 · MILWAUKEE OFFICE
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Extended Outlook

Open Lake Forecast for water beyond 5 nm. Runs further out, so use it to see what's building later in the week.
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Spot Check

Each spot uses the closest buoy that's actually reporting. With no live wave reading, the score caps at fair and says "wind only". Tap a card to load it on Now.
THE LAKE · LIVEspot (color = score) buoy reporting
WISCONSIN ILLINOIS MICHIGAN INDIANA LAKE MICHIGAN 25 mi N
Shoreline: Natural Earth 1:10m. Tap a spot to load it.
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Live Cams

Every public cam pointed at the water from Two Rivers to Chicago. Most are harbor or weather cams, not true surf cams. The Sheboygan ones are the real deal.

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Dig Deeper

GLOS Seagull: every live Great Lakes buoy OPEN → NDBC buoy 45013 (Atwater) OPEN → Port Washington to North Point Light (LMZ644) OPEN → North Point Light to Wind Point (LMZ645) OPEN → Sheboygan to Port Washington (LMZ643) OPEN → Racine / Kenosha (LMZ646) OPEN → Two Rivers to Sheboygan (LMZ543) OPEN → Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette (LMZ740) OPEN → Wilmette to Northerly Island (LMZ741) OPEN → Windy wind map over the lake OPEN → Surfline, Milwaukee region OPEN → Seagull Coast app (GLOS) OPEN →

How It Works

Buoy readings come live from GLOS Seagull. Each spot uses the nearest buoy that has reported recently, so the distance shown matters: a reading 30 miles away is a rough guide, not gospel.

Most Lake Michigan buoys come out for winter (roughly November to April). When they're out, waves come from the NWS wave forecast, wind from the nearest shore station or the forecasts, and water temperature from NASA's daily satellite reading for the water right off each spot.

The 0–10 score is our own read of those numbers, not an official product. The lake will still do what it wants.