National Weather Service
The National Weather Service provides mariners daily marine weather reports and forecasts. Listed below are nearshore forecasts for all the Great Lakes. The charts provide you near shore marine forecasts for all NOAA weather stations along with open lake forecasts for each of the Great Lakes. Simply locate the Great Lake and near shore station, or select the open water forecast. Included in this chart are graphic forecasts showing regional maps of forecats along with a current forecast and generally the next days forecast. Simply click on the location and you will be directed to that areas weather forecast. NOTE: Open water forecasts are in text only.
LAKE SUPERIOR
Michigan Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from East to West)
- Point Iroquois Light to Whitefish Point
- Whitefish Point to Grand Marais
- Grand Marais to Munising
- Munising to Marquette
- Marquette to the Huron Islands
- Huron Islands to Portage Canal (Lower Entrance)
- Portage Canal (Lower Entrance) to Point Isabelle
- Point Isabelle to Manitou Island
- Manitou Island to Eagle River
- Eagle River to Portage Canal (Upper Entrance)
- Portage Canal (Upper Entrance) to Ontonagon
- Ontonagon to the Black River
- Black River to Saxon Harbor, WI
Wisconsin Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from East to West)
- Saxon Harbor to Oak Point
- Oak Point to Bayfield
- Bayfield to Sand Island
- Sand Island to Port Wing
- Port Wing to Duluth, MN
Minnesota Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from West to East)
- Duluth to Two Harbors
- Two Harbors to Silver Bay Harbor
- Silver Bay Harbor to Taconite Harbor
- Taconite Harbor to Grand Marais
- Grand Marais to Grand Portage
LAKE HURON
Lake Huron - Open Lake Forecast
Michigan Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from South to North)
- Port Huron to Port Sanilac
- Port Sanilac to Harbor Beach
- Harbor Beach to Port Austin
- Port Austin to Alabaster (Outer Saginaw Bay)
- Pt. Au Gries to Bay Port (Inner Saginaw Bay)
- Alabaster to Sturgeon Point
- Presque Isle Light to 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge
- 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to the Straits of Mackinac
- Straits of Mackinac to False Detour Channel
Canadian Shoreline (From North to South)
LAKE MICHIGAN
Michigan Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from North to South)
- 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge to Grand Traverse Light
- Grand Traverse Bay
- Grand Traverse Light to Sleeping Bear Point
- Sleeping Bear Point to Point Betsie
- Point Betsie to Manistee
- Manistee to Pentwater
- Pentwater to Whitehal
- Whitehall to Grand Haven
- Grand Haven to Holland
- Holland to South Haven
- South Haven to St. Joseph
- St. Joseph to New Buffalo
- New Buffalo to Michigan City, IN
Indiana Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from South to North)
Illinois Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from South to North)
- Calumet Harbor to Northerly Island
- Northerly Island to Wilmette Harbor
- Wilmette Harbor to Winthrope Harbor
Wisconsin Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from South to North)
- Winthrope Harbor, IL to Wind Point, WI
- Wind Point to North Point Light
- North Point Light to Port Washington
- Port Washington to Sheboygan
- Sheboygan to Two Rivers
- Two Rivers to Sturgeon Bay
- Sturgeon Bay to Rock Island Passage
- Green Bay (South of Little Sturgeon Bay to Oconto)
- Green Bay (North of Little Sturgeon Bay to Rock Island Passage)
- Green Bay (North of Rock Island Passage)
- Rock Island Passage to Fairport, MI
Michigan Shoreline (Nearshore Forecasts from West to East)
LAKE ST. CLAIR
LAKE ERIE
Canadian Shoreline (from West to East)
Michigan Shoreline (from South to North)
Ohio Shoreline (from East to West)
- Conneaut to Geneva-on-the-Lake
- Geneva-on-the-Lake to Willowick
- Willowick to Avon Point
- Avon Point to Vermillion
- Vermillion to The Islands
- The Islands to Reno Beach
Pennsylvania Shoreline (from East to West)
New York Shoreline (from East to West)
LAKE ONTARIO
Lake Ontario - Open Lake Forecast
Canadian Shoreline (from West to East)
- Western Lake Ontario
- Eastern Lake Ontario
New York Shoreline (from East to West)
- St. Lawrence River to Mexico Bay
- Mexico Bay to Sodus Bay
- Sodus Bay to Hamlin Beach
- Hamlin Beach to the Niagara River