National Weather Service Marine Forecast FZUS51 KCLE

FZUS51 KCLE 111956
NSHCLE

Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
256 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore

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.

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Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH
The Islands to Vermilion OH
256 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

TONIGHT
Southwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet.

WEDNESDAY
West winds 15 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

THURSDAY
West winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Friday through Sunday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 46 degrees, off Cleveland 52 degrees, and off Erie 50 degrees.

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LEZ145-120315
Vermilion to Avon Point OH
256 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

TONIGHT
Southwest winds to 30 knots. A slight chance of snow this evening. Waves 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

WEDNESDAY
West winds to 30 knots. A slight chance of rain in the morning. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 5 to 9 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet.

THURSDAY
West winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 6 feet.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Friday through Sunday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 46 degrees, off Cleveland 52 degrees, and off Erie 50 degrees.

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Avon Point to Willowick OH-Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH
Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-Conneaut OH to Ripley NY
256 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING

GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Southwest gales to 35 knots diminishing to 30 knots. A chance of rain with a slight chance of snow this evening, then a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 11 feet.

WEDNESDAY
Southwest winds to 30 knots becoming west. Rain. Waves 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
West winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots. Rain likely in the evening, then a chance of rain overnight. Waves 6 to 10 feet subsiding to 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet.

THURSDAY
West winds 15 to 25 knots. A chance of rain. Waves 5 to 8 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Friday through Sunday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 46 degrees, off Cleveland 52 degrees, and off Erie 50 degrees.