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PICTURES of Great Lakes Surfing, Page 1 of 2
(Photos by Don Wallace, John Newgard, and other Lake surfers as credited)

Lake Ontario
• The Bridge, Towers (37k) Craig at The Bridge, "Towers".
  "The Bridge" refers to the Skyway Bridge in Burlington, Lake Ontario.
  
• The Bridge, South Side, Middles (37k) Craig, south of The Bridge.
  
• The Bridge, South Side, First Peak (37k) Fall, 1993
  
• The Bridge, Northside (28k) October 1992
  
• The Bridge (82k) Craig at the Bridge, on a clean wave, by John Newgard.
  
• The Bridge 1 (22k) Dave Rogers at the Bridge, offshore, by John Newgard.
  
• The Bridge 2 (17k) Dave Rogers at the Bridge, offshore, by John Newgard.
  
• Ted at The Bridge (12k) Checking the lineup.
  
• The Pig and Whistle (17k) Near Hamilton, onshore, by John Newgard.
  
• Salmon Point, about a 6ft face. (28k) by John Newgard.
  
• Simcoe Island (30k) by John Newgard.
  
• Stony Point 1 (49k) by John Newgard.
  
• Stony Point 2 (33k) by John Newgard.
  
• Stony Point 3 (103k) John Newgard on a right hander.
  
• Stony Point 4 (98k) by John Newgard.
  
• Stony Point 5 (29k) In winter, by John Newgard.
  
• WInter Conditions (35k) Waxup conditions in winter, by John Newgard.
  
• The point at Sandbanks, 4ft face. (9k) by John Newgard.
  
• Sandbanks (31k) Don Wallace at Sandbanks, Lake Ontario, on a small day.
  
• South Point 1 (17k) The South Point of West Beach, Sandbanks, Lake Ontario.
  
• South Point 2 (26k) Different view of South Point.
  
• Point Break (26k) Checking out one of the points on Lake Ontario at sunset.
  
• Lighthouse (20k) A lighthouse on Lake Ontario, rented out by the local crew for weekend getaway's.
  
• Pleasant Point 1 (43k) Some shots af a clean Pleasant Point by John Newgard. Lineup Shot.
  
• Pleasant Point 2 (41k) Glassy waves.
• Pleasant Point 3 (42k) Wave closeup.
• Pleasant Point 4 (14k) Taking off.
• Pleasant Point 5 (20k) Andrea ready to get wet.

Lake Erie
• Port Stanley 1 (20k) Small but clean, by John Newgard.
  

Lake Michigan
• From Craig H. Kemnitz.
• Lake Michigan 1 (145k) Beach near Chicago on a cold Spring morning.
  
• Lake Michigan 2 (68k) Big seas breaking over a pier near Chicago.
  
• Lake Michigan 3 (164k) Newspaper cutting about 20ft waves .
  

• From Dave Hansen.
• bay1.jpg (86K) North Break Outside and Inside at Big Bay, Whitefish Bay WI.
• bay2.jpg (76K) South Break at Big Bay.
• bgdrp.jpg (30K) Dave Hansen at Seven Bridges, Souuth Milwaukee WI.
• line.jpg (34K) Down the Line at Seven Bridges.
• tube.jpg (38K) Tube at Big Bay, Whitefish Bay WI.
• peak.jpg (33K) Dave Hansen at McKinley Beach, Milwaukee, WI.
• cut.jpg (37K) Dave Hansen at McKinley Beach, Milwaukee, WI.
• curl.jpg (36K) Small tube at McKinleys sand Beach, Milwaukee.
• rt.jpg (37K) McKinley Cove.
• snk.jpg (34K) "Snake" bottom turning at McKinley.
• sp.jpg (31K) Closeout at McKinley.
• fav.jpg (31K)Dave and Troy at McKinley
• dave.jpg (20K) Dave Hansen.

• From Bob Lord
• Lake Michigan 1 (84k) Jean Klock Park, Benton Harbour Mi, 1981
  
• Lake Michigan 2 (35k) Jean Klock Park, Benton Harbour Mi, 1981.
  
• Greg's Lake Michigan Page Link to more pictures of Lake Michigan
  

Lake Superior
• From Alan Dunbar.
• Surfing Lake Superior (31k) Alan Dunbar at a spot called Leaning Spruce
  
• Leaning Spruce (63k) The Lineup at "Leaning Spruce", with Rob Rosell in the water.
  
• Local Crew(67k) Rob Rosell on the right, and Steve from Minneapolis on the left, at the turnoff to "Leaning Spruce"
  

• From Rob Rosell
• "The Beach" 1 (98k) Rob Rosell at Park Point (Between Duluth and Superior WI).
  
• "The Beach" 2 (38k) Rob Rosell at Park Point.
  
• "The Beach" 3 (38k) Rob Rosell at Park Point.
  

PICTURES of some of the Great Lakes crew. Page 2 of 2
(All Photos by Don Wallace, and other Lake surfers unless otherwise credited)

• Don Wallace (16k) Don Wallace from Ottawa.
  
• John Newgard (26k) John Newgard from Ontario
  
• The Crew (26k) Some of the "Bridge Crew" from Hamilton, from the left, Dave, Ted and Craig.
  

PICTURES of John & Jason Down Under, Page 1 of 1
This is the first leg of their trip, the West coast of Victoria Australia.

• Johanna 1 (24k) Johanna Beach, 1st carpark, a small but almost perfect day.
  
• Johanna 2 (29k) Jason at Johanna.
  
• Johanna 3 (21k) Jason at Johanna.
  
• Johanna 4 (31k) John at Johanna.
  
• Johanna 5 (34k) John at Johanna.
  
• Johanna 6 (24k) Looking at the peak from the beach, the tide has come in and waves have become very full, but with only two out, who cares :-).
  
• Lorne 1 (30k) Lorne with slightly bigger conditions than normal, but slightly onshore.
  
• Lorne 2 (27k) John at Lorne.
  
• Lorne 3 (34k) Jason at Lorne
  
• Lorne 4 (27k) John and Jason checking it out from the rocks.
  

WEATHER RESOURCES and BUOY DATA Page 1 of 1

• Great Lakes Wave Chart Wave Height & direction for all Lakes.
  
• Great Lakes Wind Analysis Plot of Surface Wind Barbs, all Lakes.
  
• Current Great Lakes Water Temperatures All Lakes, Degrees C.
  
• Current Great Lakes Water Temperatures All Lakes, Degrees C & Degress F.
  
• Current Great Lakes Water Temperatures Lake Erie, Degress C.
  
• Current Great Lakes Water Temperatures Lake Michigan, Degress C.
  
• Current Great Lakes Water Temperatures Lake Ontario, Degress C.
  
• Great Lakes Marine Text Forecasts by Zone
  
• Canadian Meteorological Centre
  
• National Weather Service Marine Product Dissemination Information
  
• The Great Lakes Forecasting System Homepage.
  
• Weather Jumpstation, comprehensive weather links page.
  
• Upper Atmoshere charts, a good indicator for predicting surface chart movements.
• Northern Hemisphere, 500mb Height. For the "Bigger picture", the upper atmosphere charts are a good adjunct to your surf prediction tools.
• ECMWF medium-range forecast charts: day 3 forecast 500 mb Height for Northern Hemisphere
• ECMWF medium-range forecast charts: days 3-6500 mb Height. and Sea Level Pressure. with selectable regions and 3 to 6 days forecast charts.

• Interactive map, Buoy Data for Lake's Superior and Michigan
  
• Interactive map, Buoy Data for Lake's Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
  
• Current Buoy Data for the Great Lakes
  
• Current and previous buoy Data for the Great Lakes. Previous data has last 2 days readings at hourly intervals.
  
• Some historical Wave and Wind Buoy Data for the Great Lakes

• Bouy List and Location Map for the Great Lakes Follow Individual Buoy Links for detailed information and charts on wave and wind data.

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