Nearshore Marine Forecast
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI

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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore

Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the
highest 1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the
average of the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.

LMZ221-210800-
Green Bay North of line from Cedar River MI to Rock Island
Passage-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...North wind 5 to 15 knots. Mostly clear. Patchy
fog through the night. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...North wind less than 10 knots through mid morning
becoming variable. Mostly sunny. Patchy dense fog through mid
morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming
southwest less than 10 knots after midnight. Clear in the evening
then becoming partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots increasing to 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves building to
1 to 2 feet.

$$

LMZ248-250-210800-
Seul Choix Point to Point Detour MI-
5NM East of a line from Fairport MI to Rock Island Passage-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...North wind 5 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy.
Patchy fog through the night. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.THURSDAY...North wind less than 10 knots through mid morning
becoming variable. Mostly sunny. Patchy fog through mid morning.
Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest wind less than 10 knots. Clear in the
evening then becoming partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind 5 to 15 knots becoming 10 to 15 knots in
the afternoon. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Waves building to 1 to 2 feet.

$$

LSZ240-241-210800-
Saxon Harbor WI to Black River MI-
Black River to Ontonagon MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025 /1001 PM CDT Wed Aug 20 2025/

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming
south less than 10 knots late. Mostly clear. Patchy fog through
the night. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Mostly sunny.
Patchy fog through mid morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South wind less than 10 knots veering southwest
after midnight. Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Waves calm to
1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots with gusts up to
17 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves calm
to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ242-243-210800-
Ontonagon to Upper Entrance of Portage Canal MI-
Upper Entrance of Portage Canal to Eagle River MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Mostly
clear. Patchy fog through the night. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Mostly sunny.
Patchy fog through mid morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering
southwest 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy in the
evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves building to 1 to
2 feet.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
23 knots. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

$$

LSZ244-245-210800-
Eagle River to Manitou Island MI-
Manitou Island to Point Isabelle MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy. Areas of dense fog. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming southeast
less than 10 knots late. Partly cloudy. Patchy dense fog through
mid morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South wind less than 10 knots veering southwest
after midnight. Gusts up to 19 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves
building to 1 to 2 feet.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance
of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Waves 1 to 2 feet.

$$

LSZ246-210800-
Point Isabelle to Lower Entrance of Portage Canal MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy. Patchy fog through the night. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming east less
than 10 knots late. Partly cloudy. Patchy dense fog through mid
morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering
southwest after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots with gusts up to
21 knots. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ247-210800-
Lower Entrance of Portage Canal To Huron Islands MI Including
Keweenaw and Huron Bays-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Mostly
clear. Patchy fog through the night. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming east less
than 10 knots by late morning. Mostly sunny. Patchy fog through
mid morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering
southwest after midnight. Partly cloudy in the evening then
becoming mostly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ248-210800-
Huron Islands to Marquette MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy. Patchy fog by midnight, then areas of dense fog late.
Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming east less
than 10 knots by late morning. Mostly sunny. Areas of dense fog
through mid morning. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming
southwest less than 10 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy in the
evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots with gusts up to
18 knots. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ249-210800-
Marquette to Munising MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy by midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of dense
fog. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots becoming east less
than 10 knots late. Partly cloudy through early afternoon then
clearing. Areas of dense fog through mid morning. Waves calm to
1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering
southwest after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots. Partly cloudy. A
chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ250-210800-
Munising to Grand Marais MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy by midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of dense
fog. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Mostly sunny. Areas
of dense fog through early afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering south
after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots. Partly cloudy. A
chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

LSZ251-210800-
Grand Marais to Whitefish Point MI-
1101 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest wind less than 10 knots. Partly
cloudy by midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of dense
fog. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY...Variable wind less than 10 knots. Partly cloudy.
Areas of dense fog through early afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering south
after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot.
.FRIDAY...Southwest wind less than 10 knots. Partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

$$

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