Is this simply the Midwest version of “not today” when the Great Lakes spit up waves higher than your neighbor’s SUV and ...

More than 9 million people were told to avoid the water during peak summer recreation because of "life threatening" ...

Epic summer adventure? Try splashing in all five Great Lakes in one day. Here are three routes you can try, including a no-passport way.

Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than the country’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts combined.

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great ...

Rip currents, which drown more than 100 people every year at U.S. beaches, also occur in the Great Lakes, and were responsible for about 25 drownings there last year.

Weather officials have issued beach hazards and boat advisories for shores of Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior on July 17.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers We are going to have plenty of beach on all of our Great Lakes this summer. Another nice aside is most of the lakes won’t be too low to cause any boating issues.

Great Lakes water getting warmer, some beaches nearing 80 degrees Updated: Jul. 07, 2025, 4:24 p.m. | Published: Jul. 07, 2025, 3:44 p.m.

A warning urging beachgoers to stay out of the water at four Great Lakes has grown to include 11.1 million people on Thursday ...