TonnrMackinac Straits West, Mackinaw City, MI
Buoy 15 km away
- Waves
- 0.5 m
- Period
- –
- Direction
- WSW
Measured 13 hr. ago
Horseshoe Bay
Right now
Right now the waves are 0.4 m, with a period of 2 s, from ENE, the wind is 8 kn, from N, Cross-shore, and the tide is falling, low water at 08:42 AM.
What fits this spot: the swell's direction and the tide. What does not: the wind.
About this break
- BreakBeach break
- WaveLeft, Right
- BottomSand, Rock
- LevelBeginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- BoardsFish, Funboard, Longboard
- Best seasonSpring, Autumn, Winter
- Best tideLow, Low to mid, Mid, Mid to high, High
- Best swell fromEESESE
- Best wind fromWWNWNW
- Offshore wind fromWNW
The sea now
Mackinac Isl Arpt
Wind station 12 km away
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 16 kn
- Direction
- NCross-shore
Measured 15 min. ago
Next tides
- Low tide16 Fri 08:42 AM0.3 m
- Low tide16 Fri 08:42 PM0.3 m
- High tide17 Sat 02:05 AM0.3 m
- Low tide17 Sat 10:23 AM0.3 m
The week
| 7 days | Biggest wave | Wind at noon |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Fri | 1 m4 sNNW | 11 knN |
| 17 Sat | 1.4 m6 sWSW | 12 knWSW |
| 18 Sun | 1.8 m7 sSW | 16 knSW |
| 19 Mon | 1.6 m6 sSW | 5 knSW |
| 20 Tue | 0.4 m4 sWSW | 4 knSE |
| 21 Wed | 0.1 m3 sESE | 4 knSSW |
| 22 Thu | 0.5 m4 sWSW | 7 knNE |
Forecast fetched 2 hr. ago. The map has a fresher one.
Nearby spots
Sources
- Waves: Michigan Technological University, relayed by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (ndbc-partner)
- Wind: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (public-domain)
- Tides: TICON-4 (cc-by-4.0)
- Forecast: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, Credit asked by Open-Meteo: German Weather Service DWD, Wave forecast from Météo-France, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Weather forecast from NOAA (cc-by-4.0)This ECMWF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ECMWF does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.