FQCN23 CWTO 051525
WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS FOR THE CANADIAN PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:30 A.M. EST THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2026
FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:30 P.M. EST.

WAVE HEIGHTS ARE FOR OFFSHORE AND ARE FORECAST FROM TROUGH TO CREST.
NEARSHORE WAVES MAY VARY CONSIDERABLY DUE TO SHORELINE EFFECTS.

WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES 1 TO 1.5 METRES SUBSIDING TO 0.5 TO 1 EARLY
THIS EVENING THEN BUILDING TO 1 TO 1.5 NEAR MIDNIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING
TO 0.5 OR LESS FRIDAY EVENING.

EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES 1.5 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 EARLY THIS EVENING
THEN BUILDING TO 1.5 LATE OVERNIGHT.

WHITEFISH BAY.
MAINLY ICE COVERED.

NORTHERN LAKE HURON.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES 1 TO 1.5 METRES SUBSIDING TO 0.5 TO 1 EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING THEN BUILDING TO 1.5 FRIDAY EVENING.

SOUTHERN LAKE HURON.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES 0.5 TO 1 METRE SUBSIDING TO 0.5 THIS EVENING
THEN BUILDING TO 1 FRIDAY EVENING.

NORTHERN GEORGIAN BAY.
MAINLY ICE COVERED.

SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY.
MAINLY ICE COVERED.

LAKE ST. CLAIR.
MAINLY ICE COVERED.

WESTERN LAKE ERIE.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES LESS THAN 0.5 METRES BUILDING TO 0.5 NEAR NOON.

EASTERN LAKE ERIE.
MAINLY ICE COVERED.

WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
WAVES 1 METRE BUILDING TO 1.5 NEAR NOON THEN SUBSIDING TO 1 FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO.
OVER OPEN WATER WAVES 0.5 TO 1 METRE BUILDING TO 1 TO 1.5 THIS
EVENING THEN SUBSIDING TO 0.5 TO 1 FRIDAY MORNING.

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