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Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
922 AM EDT Wed Oct 1 2025

For waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on Lake Erie

Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.

.SYNOPSIS...
A ridge averaging 30.20 inches affects Lake Erie through this
Monday as the embedded high pressure center moves from near James
Bay to Atlantic waters just southeast of Nantucket.

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Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
922 AM EDT Wed Oct 1 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast 10 to
15 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. 
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Waves
1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less. 
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming south. Waves
1 foot or less. 
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Waves 1 foot or less. 
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. 

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The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
922 AM EDT Wed Oct 1 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 20 to 25 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 knots becoming southeast.
Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally
around 10 feet. 
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots becoming south.
Waves 1 to 2 feet. 
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less. 
.SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less. 
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. 

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Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
922 AM EDT Wed Oct 1 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to
6 feet. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots becoming east 10 to
15 knots. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. 
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast.
Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south. Waves
2 feet or less. 
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less. 
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 1 foot or less. 
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. Waves 2 feet or less. 

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MAFOR 0115/
ERIE WEST 1/3 11230 12130 12220 11210 11310 11300. Waves 5 to 8
feet, and occasionally around 10 feet this afternoon. Waves 4 to
7 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet, and occasionally around 9 feet
tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Thursday
morning. 

ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 13130 11230 12220 12310. Waves 5 to 8 feet, and
occasionally around 10 feet this afternoon. Waves 5 to 8 feet
subsiding to 3 to 5 feet, and occasionally around 10 feet
tonight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet Thursday
morning. 

ERIE EAST 1/3 13120 12220 11210 12300. Waves 3 to 6 feet this
afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet tonight.
Waves 2 feet or less Thursday morning. 

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