Thank you for the vid fellas! I gotta get back in the water! If you get winds out of the N/NE at around 35 knots for over 24 hours, the north shore of Lake Superior has dozens of epic spots to surf! It's clean and looks like ground swell. It is ground swell. The intervals can get up to 8 seconds or more. (The winds do have to be from way over on the the other side of course. They can't be local winds) It's just incredible! A dream! If the winds come out of the N/NW, Marquette Michigan and around that area has beaches with A-frame peaks everywhere and point breaks as well! I remember surfing and sheltered spot there once when the off shore buoy was reading 17 feet. Then we surfed the beach and the A-frames were perfect clean barreling waves. Maybe up to 8 feet at the peak on the bigger ones. They quickly get down to about shoulder height though. That's one difference I've noticed about the lake waves vs. Ocean waves. I remember surfing Park Point once (beach break) and it was on shore and then for about 5 minutes the winds switched and we had these perfect little shoulder high peaks that were pitching. Only about five minutes though. That's what makes it so amazing to catch a good wave on those lakes. God bless ya'll and the Great Gitch!
@@bunt1691 Yep! I believe it. I remember going up to Lutsen back around 2008/9 around September/October and I found this little cove type beach (tourist spot because there were plenty of people. There was this little waste high (maybe slightly higher) clean wave coming in a-framing. I think the left was slightly better but there was some kind of debri in the water at the end(old dock or something, I can't remember but sketchy). Super small and quick little wave. It just popped up around this little headland, peaked and broke clean. No wind. I surfed it for about 45 minutes alone. It can be like a weird little dream bubble up there.
As a native to the lake. born and raised baby, that lake has a mind of its own, she doesn't ever give up her dead, or leave any trace. Many have died, many have survived. Though of her history, she is our home. Lake Gitche Gumee, is the devil beneath the waves. It takes guts to fight against her. *NOT A HATE COMMENT*
Yes. The bathtub effect, where the water hits the end of the lake, sloshes back into the oncoming water, and goes back, left and right all in one or two wayes.
I spent about thirteen years surfing up there. I met the best guys and girls ever. After surfing in paradise around the world, I never had better friends than my lake surfing friends! From my local Twin Citiot crew to the Duluth Legends like Greg, Luke and Laddie and then there's the Marquette crew; Rusty, Amy and hardcore Dan on the other side! That's just one lake. Then you have all the boys from Lake Mich and Ontario all the way to Buffalo NY. It's a completely different vibe compared to places like Hawaii, Cali or Oz. We get that crowds can be annoying but there's so many undiscovered spots and plenty of room to spread out. SP is a spot that people could get agro but that's because the wave comes from 600 feet deep and then breaks on rock shelf about 5 feet deep. Stand up barrels! Don't be droppin in there.
So well done, great job. I sent to my friends in san diego. Crazy storm, just praying our emergency responders get better training. Two people gone, who didnt undersyand the nature of lake superior like our surfers do, and our locals.
Thank you! I don't post too consistently, but have so much extra content I'm going to start uploading. More highlining, surfing, all sorts of action and adventures.
To the others that have commented in disbelief: The waves definitely can reach 28’. Born and raised on this lake, right beside me right now as I write this in Ontario Canada, and I’ll tell you one thing all locals know: You don’t mess with Gitche Gumee. That lake will turn on you in the blink of an eye. Its cold in the middle of summer, and will turn into a churning storm with the lightest breeze out of nowhere. A high wind will make this lake deadly to be on in anything. Period. Surfing though! I’d never heard of surfing superior until today! I cringe at the thought of jumping in on a 95F day in the middle of July! Let alone October! Or winter as some other videos! Crazy bunch! But now I want to go try it!
65°F at best in August, maybe 70° in a shallow, sandy bay. In November? You're in 40°-50° water. If she gets a long draw she can show you 20-25 ft waves, but being in that is critically dangerous because she doesn't roll, she pounds and destroys
Hi! Great channel, I love how you edited this, I go to the same beach all the time. Me and my family live near there! We live in neguanee but we always go and walk down to the lighthouse and go swim, I subscribed by the way! And wow those waves are huge! That must of been pretty scary.
Cool video - we were some of the idiotic few who went out to enjoy the storm. I almost got blown away at Picnic Rocks - my husband had to grab my coat to keep me from going airborn! HAH! We missed seeing the surfers that time though :( - those were the best waves
Portions, if not all of this video was taken in Marquette, Michigan. It shows the old red lighthouse from Marquette, which you can see pictures of if you do a search online for the Marquette, Michigan light house. The main surfer filmed here is my nephew, Daniel Schetter. You can see him in a Merrell video here. th-cam.com/video/Pi55yl0-3lk/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
Hello everyone. Great video. Would anyone know the salt content of Lake Superior? If it is a fresh water lake with less buoyancy than the salty ocean would it be more difficult for the surfers in any manner?
Dustin Morrison I do know that some friends that surf have told me it's more difficult to get up on the board because of the fresh water having less buoyancy.
Dustin Morrison the only measurable salts come from pollution:. sodium fluoride and sodium chloride and on and on....I would NOT recommend drinking that water regularly. Lol. The hardest part about surfing a lake has nothing to with salinity but rather tidal forces. Waves on Lake Superior are generated by winds so there is no energy transfer like you see in an ocean where waves appear to be "moving" columns of water heading toward shore. If that were the case then why don't all buoys get returned to beaches? Right? They just go up and down as another form of energy passes through water. Surfers aren't really riding water waves- they are riding waves of energy that the water simply restructures itself it to just for that moment is passes through. No such energy exists in measurable amounts on Lake Superior. It's all caused by winds and so is most isolated to the surface. This makes it hard to get that lift you do surfing on the ocean. The board is oriented the way it is to capture as much of that energy as possible before it passes you by and ends up getting absorbed by the increasingly shallow sandy shore.
I am so pleased to see these guys freezing there asses of even in a wet or a dry suite ,you should have been here when the Fitzgerald went down, the waves were a lot bigger., and lots winds over 90 mph , they closed the Mackinac Bridge.
CRAZY Lake's are nothing to playwith!! U would think they are surfing the pipe only dark and cold . It broke the big Edmond Fitzgerald into pieces! Rip !!! Imagine what it could due to a dude and his board.Lol
Snowy Grainius Snowy Grainius did not say these waves were 28ft tall. I stated that we were hit with a storm with 28ft waves, which was the case. They recorded the biggest wave to date just north of Munising at 28.8ft.
Not where they were at. I have lived in Duluth, MN on and off for years. I have also surfed some of the biggest and best waves in the world. The swells on Lake Superior can easily reach 40- 80 ft and that is terrifying and deadly when you are out sailing but there is no beach break to speak of on the coast. There is no shelf for the wave to lift- to pick up speed and energy- so you might see 10-15 footers at the most and its all chop. These guys were in Michigan. Its a lot more shallow there compared to the Minnesota coast so there are more options for surfing but it still sucks. Lake Superior is an incredibly powerful and scary thing to behold. Even in the middle of August the water doesnt get above 40F. So if you are into sea kayaking or sailing like I am you better know what the fuck you are doing because if you take a spill you have minutes before your dead from hypothermia. Throw in the sudden and extreme changes in weather and you have something rare . I spend half my year surfing and living in Dominical, Costa Rica, known for having one of the most wicked mid tide breaks in all of surfing- very few experienced surfers are fit enough to handle that water and even fewer still would be able to handle what Superior would throw at them. It is a beautiful yet evil thing.
Booger Presley depends on where you go. There are places in Costa where the waves aren't even half as big but unless you can run a 5k in under 18 minutes and then hold your breath for 2 your ass isnt going to make it back to the beach.
Thank you for the vid fellas! I gotta get back in the water! If you get winds out of the N/NE at around 35 knots for over 24 hours, the north shore of Lake Superior has dozens of epic spots to surf! It's clean and looks like ground swell. It is ground swell. The intervals can get up to 8 seconds or more. (The winds do have to be from way over on the the other side of course. They can't be local winds) It's just incredible! A dream! If the winds come out of the N/NW, Marquette Michigan and around that area has beaches with A-frame peaks everywhere and point breaks as well! I remember surfing and sheltered spot there once when the off shore buoy was reading 17 feet. Then we surfed the beach and the A-frames were perfect clean barreling waves. Maybe up to 8 feet at the peak on the bigger ones. They quickly get down to about shoulder height though. That's one difference I've noticed about the lake waves vs. Ocean waves. I remember surfing Park Point once (beach break) and it was on shore and then for about 5 minutes the winds switched and we had these perfect little shoulder high peaks that were pitching. Only about five minutes though. That's what makes it so amazing to catch a good wave on those lakes. God bless ya'll and the Great Gitch!
I've seen 11 second swells..
@@bunt1691 Yep! I believe it. I remember going up to Lutsen back around 2008/9 around September/October and I found this little cove type beach (tourist spot because there were plenty of people. There was this little waste high (maybe slightly higher) clean wave coming in a-framing. I think the left was slightly better but there was some kind of debri in the water at the end(old dock or something, I can't remember but sketchy). Super small and quick little wave. It just popped up around this little headland, peaked and broke clean. No wind. I surfed it for about 45 minutes alone. It can be like a weird little dream bubble up there.
As a native to the lake. born and raised baby, that lake has a mind of its own, she doesn't ever give up her dead, or leave any trace. Many have died, many have survived. Though of her history, she is our home. Lake Gitche Gumee, is the devil beneath the waves. It takes guts to fight against her.
*NOT A HATE COMMENT*
The witch of november will come calling!
Kodie On the Radio
Crikey!
AMEN Kodie!!
Lake Superior is my favorite place on earth.
@@missycheesehead9595 mine too!
WOW, talk about a "confused sea"...great slick video, from an ex-surf dude from RI ! R.I.P. Edmund Fitzgerald !
Yes. The bathtub effect, where the water hits the end of the lake, sloshes back into the oncoming water, and goes back, left and right all in one or two wayes.
My wedding anniversary is the day the Fitz sank. My youngest son was born same day as Titanic sank. This lake is rougher than the oceans.
@@therapist6328 crazy bro. You blessed
But it's not the sea but a lake!
Thanks for posting the Superior surfing video! I just used it teaching my students (in Beijing) about challenge and acceptable risks. They loved it!
1jeffthornton awesome to hear!
Love to hear the global reach
I spent about thirteen years surfing up there. I met the best guys and girls ever. After surfing in paradise around the world, I never had better friends than my lake surfing friends! From my local Twin Citiot crew to the Duluth Legends like Greg, Luke and Laddie and then there's the Marquette crew; Rusty, Amy and hardcore Dan on the other side! That's just one lake. Then you have all the boys from Lake Mich and Ontario all the way to Buffalo NY. It's a completely different vibe compared to places like Hawaii, Cali or Oz. We get that crowds can be annoying but there's so many undiscovered spots and plenty of room to spread out. SP is a spot that people could get agro but that's because the wave comes from 600 feet deep and then breaks on rock shelf about 5 feet deep. Stand up barrels! Don't be droppin in there.
what spot are you reffering to with SP
@@nicktarantino7188 Well is this a test? Because it's an ancient surfer code to not expose surf spots. 😁
Happy to say I’ve surfed many parts of the world, and some of my best memories were on the Great Lakes- even in warm water :)
In 74, we surfed it much bigger in Superior. In any case, great film. I have old super 8 film of that day.
It gets bigger. This was an average day
It’s been triple
Hawaii scale
@@bunt1691 Lol. The biggest waves ever recorded on the lake were on this day.
So well done, great job. I sent to my friends in san diego. Crazy storm, just praying our emergency responders get better training. Two people gone, who didnt undersyand the nature of lake superior like our surfers do, and our locals.
what?
No one was lost
We know how to surf
You'd swear to it was the ocean beach!
March 2021 I surfed 15-20 foot wedges in south Haven Michigan hoping to go pro soon. This is the coolest lake Superior surfing video
Waves look good . Great Lakes surfers get respect . Saw it in movie “step into liquid “ cold ass water these dudes have balls
I am native to Ontario. I enjoy the Great Lakes and everything they offer. Blessed to live here.
Superior is known to be more treacherous than the ocean because of unusual weather patterns and it's massive swells
Never knew you could get big waves in a lake, incredible. Would love to surf a lake just to say I've done it!
Largest on earth
Kinda am inland sea but it's freshwater
@@bunt1691 it’s completely a lake dude it’s not a sea at all
@@marcoroberts9462 I think the comparison is in size alone. Due to its size, it has many characteristics of a sea, like the size of the waves.
@@marcoroberts9462 define a sea. Ás far as I know it's a body of water large enough to create weather
Excellent Video! really gives the feel of UP north and Lake Superior!
Its the greatest lake on the planet..
No sharks
I’d take water with sharks over the temperatures on lake superior any day
But one time every 5 years we get this nonsense with 70 degree waters
Absolutely incredible video as well by the way!
oh wow you only have 129 subscribers? you deserve so much more.
Thank you! I don't post too consistently, but have so much extra content I'm going to start uploading. More highlining, surfing, all sorts of action and adventures.
Holy cow, thats got to be some cold water!
Video was very well done but where are the massive waves?
Appreciate that! As for the waves, compared to the dismal swells we're usually getting in the UP, these were pretty big!
You do know this is a lake and not an ocean right?
This is an epic vid. Well done.
To the others that have commented in disbelief:
The waves definitely can reach 28’. Born and raised on this lake, right beside me right now as I write this in Ontario Canada, and I’ll tell you one thing all locals know: You don’t mess with Gitche Gumee.
That lake will turn on you in the blink of an eye. Its cold in the middle of summer, and will turn into a churning storm with the lightest breeze out of nowhere.
A high wind will make this lake deadly to be on in anything. Period.
Surfing though! I’d never heard of surfing superior until today! I cringe at the thought of jumping in on a 95F day in the middle of July! Let alone October! Or winter as some other videos!
Crazy bunch! But now I want to go try it!
I was always wanted to know if one could surf the Great Lakes and figured it would have to be winter or storm conditions. Nice one. Cheers.
It actual will swell
The lake will ground swell
I live on oahu and surf perfect waves but i watch lake surfing , It's so differnt and looks 100 times colder in which i say respect 🤜🤛
65°F at best in August, maybe 70° in a shallow, sandy bay. In November? You're in 40°-50° water. If she gets a long draw she can show you 20-25 ft waves, but being in that is critically dangerous because she doesn't roll, she pounds and destroys
Very Good job with this video! I remember this storm last year.
Thank you! Have some really excited surf footage to share from this season soon.
really beautiful video sharing 👍👍
Almost 2 years since you released this and 24 Ft rollers are coming in.
All of the Great Lakes have 20 ft waves right now, but it's a little chilly to surf.
Dang dude I surf New Jersey but I gotta say those were some solid waves especially for a Great Lake. Respect
Hi! Great channel, I love how you edited this, I go to the same beach all the time. Me and my family live near there! We live in neguanee but we always go and walk down to the lighthouse and go swim, I subscribed by the way! And wow those waves are huge! That must of been pretty scary.
Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the sub!
Just watched another movie too with a guy called Dan surfing it like when it's completely freezing. Full on respect guys. Nice movie guys. Inspiring.
Great film
Cool video - we were some of the idiotic few who went out to enjoy the storm. I almost got blown away at Picnic Rocks - my husband had to grab my coat to keep me from going airborn! HAH! We missed seeing the surfers that time though :( - those were the best waves
yooperlooper oh wow!!!
What kind of camera was used? such great footage
Sara Roybal Sony a6300
Great video Wanderlust, I shared your link on my channel for a guy that lives close by there....
Thank you! Hope he enjoyed it!
Portions, if not all of this video was taken in Marquette, Michigan. It shows the old red lighthouse from Marquette, which you can see pictures of if you do a search online for the Marquette, Michigan light house. The main surfer filmed here is my nephew, Daniel Schetter. You can see him in a Merrell video here. th-cam.com/video/Pi55yl0-3lk/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
Dan is awesome! And yes, this was all filmed in Marquette.
Here is another cool video Dan was a part of. th-cam.com/video/bYVqgL0Y-fo/w-d-xo.html
Great video! I have been on some amazing lakes but Superior scares me.
How can anyone dislike this???
That's awesome. A part of the world Id like to see one day.
Holy Crap....I am in Ohio....can I come surf these waves?
Your video get's an A+
Thanks Keith!
That same day two people were swept off the Black Rocks, just a couple of miles away, and perished. Lake Superior takes no prisoners!
Surf season is coming.
Sometimes when lucky, get 5 days without a wetsuit.
Pro: No sharks!
Con: Potential for Loch Ness Monster type cryptids.
Lake Erie gets waves similar to this in a storm.
No it doesn't.
Don't lie.
Has there ever been a 50+ foot wave on erie?
You know the answer
@@bunt1691 The waves are higher on Superior. Max waves are about 15-20 get on Erie. All the Great Lakes can be fierce in a severe storm.
They say it's harder to surf thesse lakes cuz they have less salt than the see
Extremely cold water also
Hello everyone. Great video. Would anyone know the salt content of Lake Superior? If it is a fresh water lake with less buoyancy than the salty ocean would it be more difficult for the surfers in any manner?
Dustin Morrison I do know that some friends that surf have told me it's more difficult to get up on the board because of the fresh water having less buoyancy.
Wanderlust Imagery - Thank you Sir.
Dustin Morrison it's the world's largest fresh water lake
You can drink right from it once you are away from shore. Been doing it for years. I've heard that some surfers use a larger board for buoyancy.
Dustin Morrison the only measurable salts come from pollution:. sodium fluoride and sodium chloride and on and on....I would NOT recommend drinking that water regularly. Lol. The hardest part about surfing a lake has nothing to with salinity but rather tidal forces. Waves on Lake Superior are generated by winds so there is no energy transfer like you see in an ocean where waves appear to be "moving" columns of water heading toward shore. If that were the case then why don't all buoys get returned to beaches? Right? They just go up and down as another form of energy passes through water. Surfers aren't really riding water waves- they are riding waves of energy that the water simply restructures itself it to just for that moment is passes through. No such energy exists in measurable amounts on Lake Superior. It's all caused by winds and so is most isolated to the surface. This makes it hard to get that lift you do surfing on the ocean. The board is oriented the way it is to capture as much of that energy as possible before it passes you by and ends up getting absorbed by the increasingly shallow sandy shore.
I am so pleased to see these guys freezing there asses of even in a wet or a dry suite ,you should have been here when the Fitzgerald went down, the waves were a lot bigger.,
and lots winds over 90 mph , they closed the Mackinac Bridge.
My mom watched the Edmund Fitzgerald leave Duluth
"She would have made it they say, if she'd put 15 more miles behind her..."
..on the big lake the Chippewa called 'Gitche Gumee. 🫢
What make of Camera and model did you use..
Keith Sage I shoot everything on a Sony a6300! Love this little thing.
No sharks...yay!
Always a plus
Ooh that’s probably nice to surf in fresh water
Yep!!
Pulse Perspective except we can only do it 2 parts of the year and in really cold and wind conditions
No sharks. Not as buoyant. I'm sticking with no sharks.
Amazing.
Any Yoopers watching this video?
Locboi 810 me!!
Randomly own your merch never seen the shannel
Who gave thumbs down?
Water temp 35 -36 degrees F. 🥶🥶
Great edit.
Massive 3ft.
No great white or tiger sharks to worry about at least . 😆
Superior gang wya
Starts at 1:20
The surfing, yep! It was quite the storm, so I wanted to utilize the b-roll shots I had to lead up to the surfing. 😁
Still a great video
does chariots of fire know you used their soundtrack?
CRAZY Lake's are nothing to playwith!! U would think they are surfing the pipe only dark and cold . It broke the big Edmond Fitzgerald into pieces! Rip !!! Imagine what it could due to a dude and his board.Lol
Real men surf here!
You should have used slower slomo
don't say that those waves are 28ft because they are not
Snowy Grainius Snowy Grainius did not say these waves were 28ft tall. I stated that we were hit with a storm with 28ft waves, which was the case. They recorded the biggest wave to date just north of Munising at 28.8ft.
Not where they were at. I have lived in Duluth, MN on and off for years. I have also surfed some of the biggest and best waves in the world. The swells on Lake Superior can easily reach 40- 80 ft and that is terrifying and deadly when you are out sailing but there is no beach break to speak of on the coast. There is no shelf for the wave to lift- to pick up speed and energy- so you might see 10-15 footers at the most and its all chop. These guys were in Michigan. Its a lot more shallow there compared to the Minnesota coast so there are more options for surfing but it still sucks. Lake Superior is an incredibly powerful and scary thing to behold. Even in the middle of August the water doesnt get above 40F. So if you are into sea kayaking or sailing like I am you better know what the fuck you are doing because if you take a spill you have minutes before your dead from hypothermia. Throw in the sudden and extreme changes in weather and you have something rare . I spend half my year surfing and living in Dominical, Costa Rica, known for having one of the most wicked mid tide breaks in all of surfing- very few experienced surfers are fit enough to handle that water and even fewer still would be able to handle what Superior would throw at them. It is a beautiful yet evil thing.
WizardofCause Hoc Costa Rico got nothing on hawaii
Booger Presley depends on where you go. There are places in Costa where the waves aren't even half as big but unless you can run a 5k in under 18 minutes and then hold your breath for 2 your ass isnt going to make it back to the beach.
did you go out and measure them?
I cannot BELIEVE you chose really bad music _over the music of the WAVES THEY WERE RIDING!!!_
Great! No sharks!
Y'all need to make a fake reef...
Barrel Dodgers
All that drama for 2 foot waves. lol
Not that big . But dangerous conditions
Crash test dummies.