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National Weather Service Marine Forecast FZUS51 KCLE

FZUS51 KCLE 171943
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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
343 PM EDT Sat May 17 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.

LEZ142>144-180215
Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH
The Islands to Vermilion OH
343 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

TONIGHT
West winds to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet.

SUNDAY
West winds to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

SUNDAY NIGHT
Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northeast. Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

MONDAY
Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Tuesday through Thursday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 65 degrees, off Cleveland 56 degrees, and off Erie 53 degrees.


LEZ145>148-180215
Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the
Lake to Conneaut OH
343 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

TONIGHT
West winds 15 to 25 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 4 to 7 feet subsiding to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 9 feet.

SUNDAY
West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

SUNDAY NIGHT
Northwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming north. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

MONDAY
North winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Tuesday through Thursday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 65 degrees, off Cleveland 56 degrees, and off Erie 53 degrees.


LEZ149-180215
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY
343 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

TONIGHT
West winds to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

SUNDAY
West winds to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

SUNDAY NIGHT
West winds 15 to 20 knots becoming northwest 5 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

MONDAY
Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Tuesday through Thursday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 65 degrees, off Cleveland 56 degrees, and off Erie 53 degrees.