Oh buoy! Runaway research buoy gets data on Great Lakes winter waves

But last winter, a basketball-sized buoy off Muskegon, Michigan, broke free from its mooring. Set up to track temperature and ...
Yahoo

Wind, waves and wipeouts: Surfing adventures on America's ‘third coast,' the Great Lakes

Between "Baywatch," "90210" and "The O.C." in Southern California, and shows like "Siesta Key" in Florida, the gnarly and totally tubular surfing life on the Pacific and the Atlantic gets plenty of ...

The Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the ocean. Here's why.

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes ...
University of Georgia Wire

Giant waves are forecast on Lake Huron. How high the waves will get

Strong winds from a clipper system heading for Michigan are expected to create monster waves on the Great Lakes this week. The waters of Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior and Lake Erie are ...
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How Lake Waves Broke Steel and Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald

Large Lake Superior waves crash on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Copper Harbor Michigan. Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a ...