7-10ft Waves Tonight, 5-8ft Wednesday Morning

[Todd in NY]

Gale warning! Looks like a good day to stay at home tomorrow, at least for the east end of Lake Ontario.

 

https://www.wunderground.com/MAR/LO/045.html

Edited August 16, 2016 by Todd in NY

[whaler1]

have the day off, might just have to go take a look!

[fisherdude]

piece of cake lol , it's hard to get a good day on ontario with out getting the crap kick out of you . 

[Todd in NY]

piece of cake lol , it's hard to get a good day on ontario with out getting the crap kick out of you . 

 

I was thinking about checking it out in my 16ft row boat if you want to ride along

I'll have the 25hp Evinrude on it...

 

[thork9]

Head over to the state park near sandy pond and go body serfing, we also used boogie board s in the past lots of fun and it's not salty,

[chinook35]

Head over to the state park near sandy pond and go body serfing, we also used boogie board s in the past lots of fun and it's not salty,

good thought. But with that forecast. The beach will be closed we had a camp on the south pond near the beach. Those waves beat you to death

[Todd in NY]

I'm surprised they haven't issued a beach warning. I'll bet the current will be ripping.

[KilliansRed]

I'm currently lakeside and the waves look like they are moving sideways, it's weird. They are maybe in the 5 foot range right now.

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[whaler1]

I live a mile south of the lake and its roaring. The noise is pretty cool.

[Todd in NY]

Those conditions can rattle some teeth loose if you're in the wrong boat.

[DoubleTrouble1]

Just left the point....pretty wicked out there waves drowning the break wall hope the wind brings the big boys back in

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[Todd in NY]

I wonder if they were broadcasting this gale warning on the marine VHF early enough for smaller boats to find a safe harbor.

[steelie1975]

11 am at olcott and lake flat this morning, wind didnt last long last night

[Firechief48]

They're usually very good about broadcasting warnings. Now boats heeding that warning could be a different story.

[Xxx]

NOAA this week read at 4am from Henderson all week 1ft or less all week. We were in Massachusetts all week on vacation and this week was the only time I had left to do this then their softball coach called and asked where are my girls and well that blew that idea out of the water. Now I'm glad if I had them up there in the cabin for two days they would of drove me nuts!!! LOL

[skinny420]

I was out in my 14ft row boat with a 9.9 on it last night. Caught a few perch out of olcott and played in the waves as long as I could....but you know how it is....one wave comes over just a bit and somebody gets a little wet and people cry...it was raining anyway. So we came back as the waves just started to top the pier. Was fun. Just bought the boat to replace my 12ft and new it would be rough out there but paid the 8 bucks and hit the water around 3 just to run the motor and guage the way it would handle waves. A lot better than I thought. A lot better then the sears gamefisher. Played in the harbor for a bit and took my 12 fish home. Great time and couldn't ask for more. Lol so if you want....I'll come bomb around in your row boat with a 25 on it....just make sure it has the foam in the seats still and don't go out far....I couldn't tell you how many times me and my brother sunk the canoe out there....

[brownie787]

With a 3+ hour ride I check a few forecasting sites. Here's another to checkout  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/anim.php?lake=o&param=wv&type=f

[Todd in NY]

NOAA this week read at 4am from Henderson all week 1ft or less all week. We were in Massachusetts all week on vacation and this week was the only time I had left to do this then their softball coach called and asked where are my girls and well that blew that idea out of the water. Now I'm glad if I had them up there in the cabin for two days they would of drove me nuts!!! LOL

We got a lot of rain but you can't tell by looking at the lakes and ponds. Those cabin walls might have gotten real tight being cooped up inside.

[Todd in NY]

I was out in my 14ft row boat with a 9.9 on it last night. Caught a few perch out of olcott and played in the waves as long as I could....but you know how it is....one wave comes over just a bit and somebody gets a little wet and people cry...it was raining anyway. So we came back as the waves just started to top the pier. Was fun. Just bought the boat to replace my 12ft and new it would be rough out there but paid the 8 bucks and hit the water around 3 just to run the motor and guage the way it would handle waves. A lot better than I thought. A lot better then the sears gamefisher. Played in the harbor for a bit and took my 12 fish home. Great time and couldn't ask for more. Lol so if you want....I'll come bomb around in your row boat with a 25 on it....just make sure it has the foam in the seats still and don't go out far....I couldn't tell you how many times me and my brother sunk the canoe out there....

Sounds like a good time, and you caught some fish too. My 16' boat is a 1974 Sears boat, made by Lowe. I love that boat! I decided to run errands rather than fish today.

[Todd in NY]

With a 3+ hour ride I check a few forecasting sites. Here's another to checkout  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/anim.php?lake=o&param=wv&type=f

Thanks for the link. None of these marine forecast sites seem to agree on the conditions 100%.

[Silver Fox]

All forecasts nowadays whether on TV or in NOAA are generated by models. Some use one model and some use a different one. The human element with forecasting is gone. I can tell that if a cold front goes through 5 days from now it's gonna be a bit windy. These models don't spit that info out till it's too late. If a human was doing it, they would say it would be a bit windy from the west a few days ahead of time.

These forecasts are waaaaaaay worse than 5-10 years ago. And back then it was tough.

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[chinook35]

After many frustrating years of very wrong wind/wave forecasts I have learned that what you see is what you get. And any wave height prediction should be upgraded by the fisherman. If they say 1-3. Count in 2-4.