FZUS61 KCLE 301343 GLFLE Open Lake Forecast for Lake Erie National Weather Service Cleveland OH 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 For waters beyond five nautical miles of shore on Lake Erie 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. .SYNOPSIS... A trough averaging 30.00 inches will linger over the lake through the end of the week. High pressure 30.10 inches will build into the region on Saturday with low pressure 29.80 inches moving through the region on Monday. LEZ162-163-302015- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 .THIS AFTERNOON...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 10 knots becoming north. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest and increasing to 15 to 25 knots. A chance of showers Sunday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet. $$ LEZ164>166-302015- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 .THIS AFTERNOON...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. A slight chance of showers late. Waves 2 feet or less. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. A chance of showers. Waves around 1 foot. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming north. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. Waves 1 to 2 feet. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers Sunday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LEZ061-167>169-302015- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on- the-Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 943 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026 .THIS AFTERNOON...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Waves 1 to 3 feet. .TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest less than 10 knots. A slight chance of showers early. Waves 1 to 3 feet subsiding to 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Waves 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. Waves around 1 foot. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. .SUNDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots. A chance of rain showers Sunday night. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet. $$ LEZ161-302015- MAFOR 3015/ ERIE WEST 1/3 11710 12600 14700 11800. A chance of showers Friday morning. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE CENTRAL 1/3 11710 12610 12700 12800 11100. A chance of showers Friday morning. Waves 2 feet or less. ERIE EAST 1/3 13610 12600 12700 11600. Waves 1 to 3 feet this afternoon and tonight. Waves 1 foot or less Friday morning. $$