Beach Hazards Statement issued July 29 at 2:06AM CDT until July 29 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Dangerous nearshore water (rip currents / structural currents) — the score takes a safety penalty. Keep swimmers out of the water near the piers.
Blue Wake Score
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Winthrop Harbor, IL · Large cruiser · as of Jul 29, 5:48 AM CT
Your boat
Scoring tuned to a large cruiser — e.g. Sea Ray Sundancer 320.
Current conditions
Why it's a 63
starts at 100- Wind−3
12 kt sustained
- Waves−8
2.3 ft
- Wave steepness−3
2.3 ft on a 5 s period = short, steep chop
- Gusts−3
gusting to 21 kt
- Beach hazard−20
rip-current / dangerous-swimming statement in effect for the nearshore
How the call changes by boat
Right now it's Clean in a big boat but Sloppy in a small.
Channel & lake
Sources: NOAA CO-OPS water levels. As of Jul 29, 5:48 AM CT.
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Live radar
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Calibrating. Blue Wake logs each day's call and grades it against what the buoy actually did the next day; the honesty stat appears once a few days have been graded.