Nearshore Marine Forecast
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI

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Nearshore Marine Forecast for Michigan
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore

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.

LHZ422-171115-
Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to
30 knots diminishing to 15 to 20 knots early in the morning.
Mostly cloudy this evening becoming partly cloudy. Scattered
light snow showers and a chance of showers this evening, then
scattered light snow showers after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy until
late afternoon then clearing. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to
5 to 10 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 2 feet or less.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots early in the morning
becoming light and variable. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ421-171115-
Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner
Saginaw Bay-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to
20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Partly cloudy. Scattered
light snow showers and a chance of showers this evening, then
scattered light snow showers after midnight. Waves 6 to 9 feet.
Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to
20 knots early in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. Isolated light
snow showers early in the morning. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Waves
occasionally around 7 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Mostly clear.
Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots until late afternoon
becoming light and variable. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ441-171115-
Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to
20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow
showers. Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to
20 knots early in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with isolated
light snow showers until late afternoon, then partly cloudy early
in the afternoon. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around
12 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to
10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Partly cloudy.
Waves 3 to 5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy early in
the morning becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.

See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ442-171115-
Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac MI-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to
20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow
showers. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to
20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly cloudy.
Isolated light snow showers until late afternoon. Waves 4 to
6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy until
late afternoon becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LHZ443-171115-
Port Sanilac to Port Huron MI-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to
20 to 25 knots early in the morning. Mostly cloudy this evening
becoming partly cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Waves 4 to 6
feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 to
20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly cloudy.
Isolated light snow showers early in the morning. Waves 3 to
5 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear.
Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots veering to the north
early in the afternoon. Partly cloudy early in the morning
becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

$$

LEZ444-171115-
Michigan Waters of Lake Erie from Detroit River to North Cape MI-
1008 PM EST Sun Nov 16 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming west
10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to
3 feet.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots early in the
evening becoming light and variable. Mostly clear until early
morning becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance of. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.TUESDAY...Light and variable winds becoming east 5 to 10 knots
in the late morning and afternoon. Cloudy. A chance of light rain
until late afternoon, then light rain likely early in the
afternoon. Waves 2 feet or less.

See Lake Erie Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.

The water temperature at Belle Isle is 43 degrees.

$$

BT

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