497  
FZUS53 KDLH 161447  
NSHDLH  
 
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR.  
 
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.  
 
LSZ140-141-162215-  
GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-  
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE  
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE EVENING, THEN  
AREAS OF DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS. PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING.  
WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHWEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN  
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ142-162215-  
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
EAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE  
AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN AREAS OF DENSE  
FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT,  
THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KNOTS OR LESS EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS BECOMING WEST  
5 KNOTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING  
VARIABLE 10 KNOTS OR LESS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD DENSE  
FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHWEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN  
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS  
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ143-162215-  
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
EAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE  
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 KNOTS EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
NORTH, THEN BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT BECOMING VARIABLE  
10 KNOTS OR LESS. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS BECOMING SOUTHWEST  
5 KNOTS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING SOUTH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ144-145-162215-  
TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
EAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE  
MORNING, THEN AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT  
OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH  
THE DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR  
LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ146-162215-  
PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTHWEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING EAST IN THE  
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FOG THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
AREAS OF DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE  
10 KNOTS OR LESS. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT  
OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES  
1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ147-162215-  
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTH WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE.  
PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING WEST EARLY IN THE  
MORNING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT  
OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST IN  
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ121-162215-  
CHEQUAMEGON BAY-BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES  
1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WIND 5 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES  
1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE IN THE  
MORNING, THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG IN  
THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ148-162215-  
OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MOSTLY SUNNY. WAVES  
1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS EASING TO 5 KNOTS EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
SOUTHWEST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
 
 
 
LSZ150-162215-  
OUTER APOSTLE ISLANDS BEYOND 5 NM FROM MAINLAND-  
947 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
REST OF TODAY  
SOUTH WIND 5 KNOTS. PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE IN THE  
MORNING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN PATCHY  
DENSE FOG LATE. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING WEST EARLY IN THE  
MORNING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WIND 5 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WAVES 1 FOOT  
OR LESS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KNOTS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET.  
 
 
 
GRAPHICAL MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:  
WEATHER.GOV/GREATLAKES  
 
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