Lake Superior Storm

[localman12]

that was cool

[DrJrmabry]

Wow actual fresh water waves. So amazing!!!!

[ScenicRoadTrip]

I am always amazed by the power & beauty of this grand lake!

[theoskuri]

lake superior is so big lake that it looks like a sea and waves are so bigs

[BigDuckKetterer]

TenStarsplus!!!! Being a native Michigander I can tell you something about those waves!!! The cliffs they are pounding are about 90 feet tall!!! Try surfing that pipeline!!! Thank you for the fantabulous video my friend!!! Stephen

[lancetop]

I tell you folks, this looks like an OCEAN.

I've heard that Lake Superior can be a monster. I would love to see it some day.

[416mcp]

@lancetop it's beautiful

[chinabear3]

Wow, truly amazing view.

[matthiashaenni]

WOW like this wild scene!

[wtfmickey]

slow and sloppy waves. why aren't you showing the ridable part?

[EMAN120102]

@wtfmickey the first time you wipeout, youd probabily never to be seen again.

[wtfmickey]

@EMAN120102 what are you talking about? those are small compared to Nova Scotia waves. Sorry but I'm assuming you don't surf?

[EMAN120102]

@wtfmickey yeah i do surf, not too good though... surf lake michigan

[externalpower]

lake superior is a mean bitch. 

[ZoneIII]

There's just something about Lake Superior that my wife and I love. In fact, we were talking one day and I said that when I die I want my ashes put in Lake Superior and my wife was suprised because she had been planning to tell me she wanted her ashes to go in Lake Superior too. Thanks for the video!

[dwydra]

the great thing about surfing the great lakes? no reefs to slam yourself against...



[cropcirclepicnic]

Polluted water? It's a storm dummy! Water gets murky when the waves are like this. Lake superior is crystal clear.

[mplsarktos]

If you read the explanation below describing why the water gets temporarily cloudy near shore during storms like this, and if you were familiar with Lake Superior, you would know that this is some of the purest, cleanest surface fresh water in the world.

[carcano38]

I have to admit, that's one heck of a lot of polluted water!

[kitsap06]

If you ever get the chance; on a clear night with a full moon and the waves crashing in like this, wow! It's like being on another planet, just a natural high.

[kd8ux]

Awsome

[SuperRamcharger]

My familiy immigrated to Northern Wisconsin from Germany and Austria before there was a Ellis Island. I've seen the inland storms as well as visited the graves of those who lived and battled these inland seas on the Islands. These were men of no equal, just trying to provide for their families. Some people don't understand how Superior can peak and how deep it is, over a thousand feet deep and waves can be 30' + high.

Thanks for the video.

[gloomyoutlook]

are those small trees, or big waves? =0

[85buickV8]

@gloomyoutlook those are BIG ASS WAVES, don't be fooled

[Sorce473]

When I was in Ireland, my Irish friends thought we (midwesterners) were crazy to be wary of "a few lakes". We showed them this video and others to explain. Wonderful how their faces went from grinning to shocked! I really do love our lakes!

[TingyWende]

I love our wee puddle!!

[barrelsauce]

yea seriously that right actually looks pretty decent, where is that? whats the temperature

[mrREDBIRDFAN]

Love the Arrowhead of Mn. I bet a lot of folks have no idea of the force of nature off of Superior. Guess that's why The Wreck of Edmund Fitz became such a big hit. I live 550 miles south. I get up in the UP or NE MN when ever I can. Wish I was there now.

[strelok5831]

surfing anybody?

[ztmercado]

you can easily get out there, there are so many gaps in the waves.

[Cheesyfreezey]

I stayed at this persons house

[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.

[chris33694]

Wish I could has seen this in person

[mplsarktos]

During storms on the lake, the coastal areas experience cloudy water as you see here because the wave action stirs up fine silt among the rocks near shore. The water actually has a red hue near river and stream outlets because of the reddish mud washed down from the hills. If you notice about 100 yards out on this video, the water is its normal, steely blue/green. After a storm like this, it takes usually two to three days for the silt, etc. to settle, and for the normal water color to return.

[abcmikke]

Damn that water looks gray.

[ipreyforyou]

Good luck getting out of that!!!

[N33DL3R]

Say hello to the most dangerous lake in the world.

[Acaciavet]

Fantastic.

[RealKilluminati]

why isnt any one surfing ????????????

[iJunkizz]

@RealKilluminati

Im sure people would love to surf there and get smashed into those rocks eh?

[wakesnow12345]

so cool

[kentashixD]

if the lakes were all one, and an oval shape would be the place of fresh water with the best waves in the world..

[tamib906]

Don't play with Lake Superior. I can count seven people who are no longer with us, and who I knew personally, who thought they could handle the big lake. Please don't play chicken with the waves.

[jgizzy]

WOW that is awesome! I found a cool spot to watch (and get sucked in almost) by waves at Stony Point right off the old scenic highway about 15 minutes north of Duluth. Really cool area to watch waves during a storm.

[jgizzy]

WOW that is awesome! I found a cool spot to watch (and get sucked in almost) by waves at Stony Point right off the old scenic highway about 15 minutes north of Duluth. Really cool area to watch waves during a storm.

[Pohjoiskarjalainen]

Superior deals death quickly in those conditions.

[penejiz]

that looks like a fun right pt. to hit up, thats where i would go if i surfed there

[mfurstenau88]

i wanna surf that shit

[plugz10]

You'd freeze your nuts off, you have no idea how cold that lake is

[mfurstenau88]

i grew up in northern michigan and i live on lake michigan in milwaukee,

[tinroofbusted]

Swam in it, Fished in it, Sailed on it. Respect this lake, Yes and I will always. This is one of the Great Lakes that will turn on you in a second and without warning. It get's this Very black look to it as it is turning also. Those that have been there know what I mean.

[keefer2111]

If you don't respect this lake just keep looking if you were in a 30ft you would have a hellova job keeping it into the wind.

That water is 32 degrees and 34 in summer.

[CusterFlux]

How tall is that cliff?

[mplsarktos]

It's estimated to be about 40 feet on the left edge, growing to over 60 feet as you go to the right.

[CusterFlux]

It's really hard to judge the hight of waves simply by how they look, but I know on Lake Ontario, the wave faces that make it to shore around Toronto generally don't get over 5ft, though they spray up to about 20ft - my guess is these wave faces are in the 8 to 10ft range, but it's really hard to tell.

[Edsonhpf]

wow! amazing video!

[CyrusNixes]

This is one of the best videos of waves on Lake Superior that I have found. Some of those waves must have 10ft + faces because the trees on top of the cliff look so small in comparison.

[cptkilgore]

Behold, the lake that never gives up her dead.

[AMason8634]

Good footage.

[irishoforiel]

Hemminway said. These great inland seas of ours posess an oceanlike expansivness about them.With all of the seas noblest traits.

[7redsox46]

very nice. looks just like the maine coast during a storm.

[ncman08]

Very pretty! Wish I could have been there.

[lunigal]

WOW, awsome video. The bluff looks like a Giant Cod Fish to me. Do you see it?

[Sandude]

Or maybe a giant turtle

[sunchyme59]

awesome video! what part of superior ?

[mjjs1260]

This was shot in the Palisade area of the North Shore, MN, a few miles north of Silver Bay. Thanks for your interest!

[ytnate93]

@sunchyme59 Lol, it's Lake Superior in April. You'd only go out there if you were suicidal.

[psweere717]

Awesome 'Boom' site!! Looks like it did when we were kids!