898
FZUS53 KAPX 061934
NSHAPX

Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore on Lakes Huron...
Michigan and 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.

LSZ321-070345-
Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...West wind 10 to 15 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY...North wind 10 to 20 knots. Snow showers. Waves 4 to
6 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Chance of snow
showers. Waves 4 to 6 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 3 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LSZ322-070345-
St. Marys River Point Iroquois to E. Potagannissing Bay-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...West wind 10 to 15 knots. Chance of snow showers early
in the evening. Slight chance of snow showers after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North wind 10 to 15 knots with gusts to around
30 knots. Partly cloudy.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ346-070345-
St Ignace to False Detour Channel-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves
2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves
2 to 3 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LMZ341-070345-
Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers. Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around
35 knots. Chance of snow showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LMZ342-070345-
Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little
Traverse Bay-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers early in the evening. Chance of snow showers after
midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers
and light freezing rain. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North wind 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 20 to 25 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LMZ323-070345-
Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to
Norwood MI-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers and light freezing rain early in the evening, then snow
showers likely after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast wind 10 to 15 knots with gusts to
around 30 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...South wind 10 to 15 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 feet or less.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LMZ344-345-070345-
Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI-
Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers and light freezing rain early in the evening, then snow
showers likely after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North wind 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves
2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...South wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 2 to 4 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LMZ346-070345-
Manistee to Point Betsie MI-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...North wind 5 to 10 knots. Chance of snow showers early
in the evening, then snow showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.SUNDAY...North wind 10 to 20 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers and light freezing rain. Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast wind 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy.
Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...South wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 3 to 5 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ345-070345-
Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including
Mackinac Island-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers after midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers. Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 2 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves
2 to 3 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ347-070345-
5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including
Bois Blanc Island-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...West wind 5 to 10 knots. Chance of snow showers after
midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Chance of snow showers.
Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 15 to 25 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 4 to 6 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny. Waves
2 feet or less.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ348-070345-
Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay
National Marine Sanctuary-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...West wind 5 to 10 knots. Slight chance of snow showers
early in the evening. Snow showers likely after midnight. Waves
2 to 4 feet subsiding to 2 feet or less after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 25 knots. Snow showers likely.
Waves 4 to 6 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 15 to 25 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 4 to 6 feet.
.MONDAY...Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 2 to
3 feet.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ349-070345-
Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI-
234 PM EST Sat Dec 6 2025

.TONIGHT...Northwest wind 5 to 10 knots. Snow showers after
midnight. Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY...Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots. Slight chance of snow
showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest wind 15 to 25 knots. Mostly clear.
Waves 3 to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...West wind 10 to 15 knots. Mostly sunny. Waves 2 feet or
less.

See the open lakes forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

MJG