FZUS51 KCLE 180732
NSHCLE

Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
332 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

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.

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Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
The Islands to Vermilion OH-
332 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

.TODAY...West winds 10 knots or less. Sunny. Waves 1 foot or
less. 
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers
with a slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 feet or
less. 
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest less
than 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 2 feet or less. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming
east. A chance of showers in the evening. Waves 1 foot or less. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Thursday through Saturday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 77 degrees, off Cleveland 75
degrees, and off Erie 78 degrees.

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Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
332 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

.TODAY...North winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Sunny. Waves
1 foot or less. 
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers
with a slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves 2 feet or
less. 
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 knots or less becoming east. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Waves 2 feet
or less. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Thursday through Saturday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 77 degrees, off Cleveland 75
degrees, and off Erie 78 degrees.

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Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
332 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

.TODAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Sunny.
Waves 1 foot or less. 
.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming southwest. A chance
of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Waves
2 feet or less. 
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 3 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 knots or less becoming east. A
chance of showers in the evening. Waves 2 feet or less. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

See Lake Erie open lakes forecast for Thursday through Saturday.

The water temperature off Toledo is 77 degrees, off Cleveland 75
degrees, and off Erie 78 degrees.

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