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OPEN LAKE FORECAST for Lake Michigan
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
906 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026

FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON Lake Michigan.

Waves are provided as a range of significant wave heights, which
is the average of the highest 1/3 of the wave, along with the
average height of the highest 10% of the waves which will
occasionally be encountered.

.SYNOPSIS...

High pressure around 30.4 inches over Hudson Bay will move to
Ontario and Lake Superior by early Tuesday morning, then south
over Lake Michigan for Tuesday afternoon and night. Expect light
to modest north to northeasterly winds to turn more easterly late
tonight, but back to northerly on Tuesday. Light and variable
winds are then forecast later Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Light to modest southerly winds will then return to Lake Michigan
for Wednesday and Wednesday night as the high slowly moves east of
the region. Winds are expected to gradually increase and shift
more southwesterly for Thursday afternoon and night. Shower and
storm chances will return late week into the weekend.

LMZ261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-020930-
Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the
Mackinac Bridge and north of a line from Charlevoix MI to South
Fox Island 5 NM offshore-
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI-
Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
906 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI NORTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to
5 to 10 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming north late in the
morning, then increasing to 10 to 15 kt early in the afternoon
becoming northwest 10 to 20 kt late. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 kt backing to
southwest. Waves 1 to 2 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 10 to
20 kt. Waves 1 to 2 ft building to 1 to 3 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...South winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to
3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 25 kt becoming southwest
10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves
3 to 5 ft.
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 kt becoming northeast 10 to
20 kt. Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-020930-
Lake Michigan from Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5 NM offshore
to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor IL to Michigan City IN 5 NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5 NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven MI 5 NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
906 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026

SHEBOYGAN WI TO PENTWATER MI SOUTH...

.REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming east. Waves
2 to 4 ft.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming north 10 to
20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to
15 kt late in the evening, then becoming northeast after midnight
becoming northeast 5 to 10 kt late. Waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to
1 to 2 ft.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 kt becoming south. Waves
1 to 2 ft.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south.
Waves 1 to 3 ft.
.THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 1 to 3 ft building to
3 to 5 ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 20 kt becoming southwest.
Waves 3 to 5 ft.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt becoming south. Chance of
showers. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 kt increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 ft.

$$

LMZ761-020930-
MAFOR 0204/
MICHIGAN NORTH 11220 11200 11100 11800 11810 13710. Waves 1 to 3
feet overnight. Waves 2 feet or less Tuesday and Tuesday evening.

MICHIGAN SOUTH 11120 11220 11110 11100 11810 12820 11810. Waves 1
to 3 feet.

$$


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