Multiple factors make the waves in Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes more treacherous than the ocean.

On the Great Lakes, waves build without warning and water churns with a cold, erratic energy. Waves are steep and packed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weather officials say Michigan's Great Lakes are hazardous on Wednesday, Sept. 3, for swimmers and mariners with waves predicted ...

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The Great Lakes, perhaps the most unconventional surfing destination in the continental United States (if not the world), have been seeing a surplus of swell this winter season. Most recently, with ...

Winter is a quiet time for Great Lakes research, at least out on the water. Research vessels remain secured to their docks; most monitoring equipment is ashore. But last winter, a basketball-sized ...

Some areas of Michigan's Great Lakes remained dangerous early Friday, Aug. 29, for beach-goers, with waves up to 6 feet and dangerous currents, but conditions are expected to improve for the three-day ...

Dangerous swimming conditions are expected in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior due to large waves and strong currents. A high swim risk is in effect for Lake Superior beaches in Marquette and Alger ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Cargo shipping was at a standstill Tuesday on the Great Lakes as superstorm Sandy churned waves up to two stories high, forcing crews to take refuge in bays and harbors and ...

Straddling the border between the U.S. and Canada, the Great Lakes are an interconnected system of five bodies of water containing a staggering 20% of the world's surface freshwater by volume. Often ...

Weather officials say Michigan's Great Lakes are hazardous on Wednesday, Sept. 3, for swimmers and mariners with waves predicted to reach up to 11 feet with strong winds and dangerous rip currents.