Huge waves on Lake Michigan 20 foot!!!!! south haven 9-28-2009

[sergio12735]

I use to live in Michigan, Grandrapids for 7 years but now I moved to Tulsa,Ok .

[jordanthecoolcracker]

I've been here, so fun to swim if you are careful of rptides... having waves it and drag you. Always fun there.

[AirlayLeekoh]

that's unreal. would love to surf there someday. good post

[boz987]

Wow...those 20 footers did a great job of disguising themselves as 3 footers.

[CrazyMoranis]

20 nano foot...

[rebelrevolution22]

SURF IT

[kody51423]

highest ive ever seen it in ludington was 79 that was in 2010

[caliindica]

20ft my ass dude!!!!Are you serious?I give it a blown out wind chop 2ft max.

[sTpb0nez]

@caliindica you take 20 ft dick in your ass are you serious

[HxCSurfFL]

@caliindica  you are a moron, maybe not 20 ft. but definitely over 10ft

[Ostrander17]

@kyleshonda the water temp. is usually higher than 70 during the summer. Summer of 2010 the buoy in the middle of Lake Michigan hit 80 degrees, and it was in the upper 70's for weeks

[helloportland]

Holy Sh** I'd feel like I would get swept up and never come back again @_@'

[MorganH1019]

@helloportland You would!! The Great Lakes have VERY strong undercurrents. A few years back a kid was swimming and his parents were on shore, he went out 4 feet and he was 5ft, it was REALLY windy that day so the currents were stronger than usual.

They found his body a couple miles out from where he was swimming 2 years ago.

[sTpb0nez]

those waves are pure sexyness 

[randomlife247]

who else was out on their boards that weekend? I only saw my buddy to my right and the lighthouse to my left. South Haven, Beverly Shores, Mt. Baldy, Weko, and Warren all were ridden that weekend.. wetsuits and boots included. lol

[Mattgx2012]

paddleboat time

[RVCA808GAMING]

small im 13 and ive surfed way bigger waves in hawaii its not even 10-16

[jewe81]

@RVCA808GAMING

yeah in hawaii ofcourse but this is a lake not the pacific ocean ! :D

[randomlife247]

@RVCA808GAMING These waves kick your ass way more than any ocean break.. obviously a reef or beach break with rolling sets is the perfect wave, but you will have a whole new respect for surfing if you try to tame the lakes on a big day. its carnage out there, and you take a beating just to get out past the white wash.. Any surfer who talks shit about the lakes and then goes and rides them has their opinion changed quickly. We work for our rides in the midwest! haha

[johnnyjm36]

chest high.....



[zuluamuse]

Really! hardly 20ft

[tjm2037]

chicago still the best

[KellyThundercloud]

@tjm2037 No, Milwaukee is :P

[mcgafffin1]

10ft 12ft 16ft waves haha

[sTpb0nez]

@mcgafffin1 fuck you we dont have waves like u fags in cali its called a lake not ocean dumbass

[keithleable]

Last time it was like this we went body boarding it was sweet Gota love the mid coast!

[Gearzila]

never again will i go out there ! I got owned by a massive wave and i ended up about 150+ yards from the beach....I thought a shark was gonna get me or sumthing...Yes, there is sharks there

[SakulRegnevelc]

those are three feet at best buddy

[sparkette6410]

Is this South haven MI? Looks like where we vacationed last year! Loved it!!

[TheLegolover8]

Why weren't you in the water jumping them XD XD : )

[SteezyDangler03]

is that just outside of sturgeon bay channel?

[hard00styler]

Definitely big waves for a lake though...

[hard00styler]

lol, if we got that in Australia it'd be called about 2-3 foot wind chop

[MrRatguy1]

Give me a ski and a tow rope and a guy that knows what their doing driving a ski and I'm out there

[christof139]

You can see larger waves breaking on th horizon & to the right of the pier, then they reform & come in smaller. There may be an occasional 20-footer out there & most of these coming in before they break farthr out are 8 - 14-foot o or so. The Lakes do throw up 30-ft. + waves, 40-ft. for sure, & accounts from some survivors of the 1913 storm said there may have been 70-ft. waves, large rogues in 20 to 40ft. seas.

[pmoyer50]

How warm does Lake Michigan get on hot Summer days? Is it always too cold to swim without a wetsuit?

[kyleshonda]

@pmoyer50 ummmmm.....not very....I would say if we have 80 and 90's for a couple of weeks the water temp may hit the upper 60's to low 70's but never warmer than that!

[santran]

@kyleshonda You must have never seen the ocean in person...

[Phizzy69]

@kyleshonda Search "Lake Michigan sizzles!" for Bill's Blog from August 4, 2010. It mentions that water temps at the middle of Lake Michigan was 80 degrees, at Muskegon 80 degrees, and Grand Haven 79 degrees.

[summer49090]

@kyleshonda born and raised in southhaven graduated there and thats about right as far as water temp

[trainfreak7745]

@kyleshonda no i was just in charlevoix and it hit 79

[britishballa95]

@kyleshonda I live in Traverse city and over there it easily gets into the 75-78 degree water temp constant all summer. Don't know where you are but high 60's as the high is wayyy too low of a number

[Phizzy69]

@pmoyer50 Actually, the water temp reaches the low 80s on occasion. Not very often, but occassionally.

Search "Water_Temps_Southern_Lake_Mic­higan_on_6-24-2009.jpg" at Google.

It shows a screenshot of water temps from June 24, 2009, when most of the lake south of Saugatuck was already in the 70s, just three days after the start of summer. The water temp at New Buffalo and St. Joseph was more than 76 degrees, again just three days after the start of summer.

[VanceRox901]

@pmoyer50 "wetsuit" you must be new here. here being michigan. We don't wear wetsuits. and we dont give a shit about the temperature cuz we're not pussies.

[VanceRox901]

@pmoyer50 I was just stating a fact. Whenever you see someone wearing a wetsuit on the lakes, we know they're not from here. "sorry excuse for a human being"? How exactly did you come to that conclusion from one statement? Please, don't come here. We don't want your arrogant cunthole-ness. :) have a good day.

[VanceRox901]

@pmoyer50 I'd rather go to lake superior than Michigan too, seeing as it's where I grew up. I now reside in a small town near Lansing...sooo yeah, not Detroit. I'm taking an advanced English class in college, so yes, I do read "real books". Oh and congratulations for deleting your other comment, didn't want to look like an imbecile?

[VanceRox901]

@pmoyer50 I have yet to meet one person who intentionally spells everything exactly right on the internet. Course and Class are synonyms, so it doesn't matter what I choose to call it. I'm pretty sure Michigan State University is NOT a "glorified High School type of Community College".

[pmoyer50]

@VanceRox901: You sound like a typical football scholarship jock who loves to pat the rears of tight ends.

[randomlife247]

@VanceRox901 wetsuits come out in late october.. youre bullshittin if you say we dont wear them on the lakes, cause the human body physically cannot handle the exposure. consider the fact that waves on the lakes are generated by high winds, typically from cold fronts, rather than warm fronts, which grab the warmer water more effectively. Wind chill drops air temperature drastically, and hypothermia doesnt give a shit whether you THINK you need a wetsuit or not. you do. lol..

[VanceRox901]

@randomlife247 right but most people just don't swim around then. If you go to California, or Florida, EVERYONE is wearing wetsuits, in water that I would consider very warm.

[repententertainment1]

@pmoyer50 ummm hell no...dude its so shallow........theres parts that you can practically walk a 1/2 mile out before it even gets deep.............great vacation spot!!!!!! I'm taking the family next week!!!



[repententertainment1]

@pmoyer50 and its not that cold...you definately get use to the water....thats all i can say......very relaxing !!!

[TheEnviroFriend]

@pmoyer50 In summer people swim in it all the time without wetsuits, it's maybe 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit in summer.

If you wanted to go swimming there I would avoid Chicago or Milwaukee, Door County Wisconsin has the best Great Lakes beaches.

I got sick the last time I swam on the shores of Milwaukee.

[MrJOHNY347]

How can lake michigan have those big ass aves?Its a fucking LAKE.

[VanceRox901]

@MrJOHNY347 It happens to be a fucking huge lake. Are you stupid? It's title has nothing to do with it.

[MrJOHNY347]

@VanceRox901 well i didnt live there

[pmoyer50]

@MrJOHNY347: The sphincter boy gave me the same kind of response. He's just dead from the neck up.

[MrJOHNY347]

@pmoyer50 true lol.

[KelliferandLanifer]

live up the road and love it

[koakid58]

where do you get 20 feet? Kook thats like 3 foot hawaiian 8-10 foot faces max!

[sTpBonez]

booger and justiceCN why click on this vid go watch your huge throbbin cock waves u two must be gay lovers

[1standupforchrist]

south haven is such a beautiful beach!

[kyleshonda]

@1standupforchrist yes.....yes it is! even when it is wild and crazy like this it was still a great place too be!

[1standupforchrist]

@kyleshonda i went there after going to blue lake fine arts camp

[kyleshonda]

@1standupforchrist oh cool!!!! yes its a nice spot!

[littletrapezequeen]

OH MY GOD I stood in the EXACT same spot your standing in. Except it was a nice day and we walked along the dock. :)

[kyleshonda]

@littletrapezequeen cool I love lake Michigan! it sucks in the winter though!!! lol thanks for looking at my video!

[littletrapezequeen]

@kyleshonda Yeah np!

[Ryanb895]

@kyleshonda what do u mean it sucks in the winter time. the lake is beautiful in the winter. all the frozen water right of the pier. ive played catch with a football out on the lake b4 when it was frozen. and in january of 2009 i saw two bald eagles on top of a pine tree on my way back to the car.

[bononez]

justiceCN just sucks dick stfu bitch

[JusticeCN]

@bononez or maybe i have some common sense

[JusticeCN]

im sorry you have the inability to think logically

[booger411]

u river surfing faggots shouldnt even be allowed to own surfboards or even call what u do surfing for fucksake ur surfing a ripple in a lake and get stoked over a dirty messy wind swell, so shit

[JusticeCN]

you do not know what a 10 foot wave looks like, these are little babies

[kyleshonda]

@JusticeCN for lake michigan these are big........ this is not cali my friend.....its michigan.....

[EMAN120102]

@JusticeCN dude i have a beachouse here and on the southbeach ive never seen water reach that high. It was probaly spilling over the harbor too so lay off

[JusticeCN]

@EMAN120102 ya but sea level or storm surge is not the same as 20 foot waves

[summer49090]

@JusticeCN dude ur gay

[12wsatye]

@JusticeCN whatever, the wall the 50 foot light house sits on is 10 feet to flat water level. now you do the math.. huuuuuugaaaaa

[JusticeCN]

@12wsatye its not always 10 foot, the tides change and water levels change...

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@JusticeCN there are no tides in a lake dumb ass 

[JusticeCN]

@HudsonvileHolligans water level changes during storms.

[goodcheesema]

@HudsonvileHolligans tell that to anyone who's tried to beach their boat at low tide

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@goodcheesema there are no tides in lake michigan the body of water is not large enough for the moon to create a force upon it

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@goodcheesema actually i correct myself there are tides but the body of water is so small that the moon has so little pull on the water so it only varies .5 to 1.5in.

[LibbyEiting1225]

Dude if u wanna see better fukin waves go there in the winter time, 20-24 foot waves!!

[666Hansen]

Nice waves...but really, it is a pond. Here are some real monsters: "Storm in Brittany 2007 - Heavy Weather Sailing and big waves"

[didgerirob]

@666Hansen ya the pond that ur ass would dround in

[666Hansen]

@didgerirob It was a joke....The Geat Lakes can be dangerous, I know that.

[christof139]

@666Hansen, Of course waves waves get bigger in oceans. Waves in the Great Lakes can also get quite large, 20 to 40-ft., with rouge waves of 50+ ft.possible. Some survivors of the 1913 storm said they saw such size waves & maybe even 70-footers. The Great Lakes aren't 'ponds' & have sunk more than 6,000 ships & boats up to lengths of just over 700-ft. long, including a few sea-going ships from Europe. Reda about the Swedish ship Avafors that was nearly sunk with the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[666Hansen]

@christof139 I know......it was meant as a joke. The Great Lakes are of course dangerous in heavy weather conditons, as are almost any lake depending on the wessel.

[christof139]

@666Hansen, Yeah, sorry, some salties don't belive what happens on the Great Lakes or at Niagara falls. Within the last 40 years or so, 3 people are known to have survived going over the Canadian Falls without any life preservers or protective containers, 2 in the last 10 or so years, & 1 person lives near where I live & was a wee bit inebriated. Not anyone has survived going over the American Falls. Maybe I'll try a canoe over the Canadian Falls & be a first! %-) Brilliant idea.

[ThePrinc777]

Awesome video.

[VolcomStone585]

chumlee?

[HugeLaughs]

out of all the times ive been to lake michigan, i have never seen that big of waves

[Monponsett]

the bigger ones were 4-5 feet

[christof139]

Go to, h(double t)p(colon back slash x2)seagrant(dot)wisc(dot)edu(b­ackslash)CoastalHazards(backsl­ash)Default(dot)aspx(question mark)tabid(equal sign)409

Browse around at this site & you will see a 20ft.+ wall/wave of vertical white water neairng the lighthouse at the Duluth ship channel.

[Marcmannugget]

waves are measured from the back of waves according to surfline.com, re-measure.

[christof139]

@Marcmannugget, Waves have been recorded on the GL's of 35-feet, maybe 40, & mathematical estimestes show seas of 25-ft. or so can have over 50-ft. rogue waves occurring. A survivior or a few of the Great Storm of 1913 claimed 70-foot waves were seen. Forecasts are issued by the USCG etc. & they state at times of waves of 20-feet plus. No need to remeasure. The larger waves in the vid. here are farther out since they are crossing a wide expanse of beach & shallow water.

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@christof139 when my dad was a kid there was a huge storm and there was a rouge wave measured at 70ft it went over the lighthouses at the end of holland state pier

[christof139]

@HudsonvileHolligans, It's not in any records that I have seen. 70-feet is a maybe for a 2 to 3 day storm like the one in 1913. Are there any photos or eyewirness accounts recorded of that in Holland?

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@christof139 the highest ever recorded was a couple of 100 footers in 1947

[christof139]

@HudsonvileHolligans, ha ha ha!! You're wrong. Highest actually recorded was about 35-feet, maybe 40. It is possible according to scientific studies that rogue waves of over 50-ft. may occur, & perhaps even larger. I have a degree in a science & am near 60. You are 15. Please don't be silly.

[HudsonvileHolligans]

@christof139 i checked a scientific website, they have the answer to every question and when i asked "What is the Record Wave Recorded in Lake Michigan" It replied

"A 100ft. wave was recorded a couple miles off of Muskegon MI in 1947"

[christof139]

@HudsonvileHolligans, There is no data of such a thing occurring, & if there was there wouldn't be the scientific interest there is today on just how large waves can get on the Great lakes. The largest rogue waves according to mathematical models that can occur with 25-26-ft. seas is 50-some-odd-ft. There was never such a large wave of 100-ft. ever recorded in the GL's. I Googled what you suggested & you didn't read more about the subject - you believed 1 undocumented comment.

[neilandfi]

@christof139 I know nothing about the Great Lakes, but I would imagine that under unique conditions they could generate massive sieche waves. Ok, they're a highly unusual phenomenon, but they seem to be capable of generating waves larger even than the normal non-linear rogues?

[Nathan16341]

I was on Mackinac Island when this storm hit. I spent 6 months working the Island and it was time to go home but the storm kept me there 6 months and 2 days!!! The only time I felt helpless to weather.

[StormChaserMax]

If the camera had stayed still this would have been one of the best lake wave videos I have ever seen.

[Strijderss]

Glad you didn't...  you're still alive.

Just a suggestion... brace your camera against something and let us see the action, rather than waving it about. =).

[Tomeperuser]

You really should have gone out on the pier and got them up closer!  Best regards, Tome (5 stars)

[ninny56]

sweet