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Expect best, cleaner surf on northwest windswells when winds are southerly (offshore) and the lake is relatively flat.
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Port Austin
A gravelly, reef-shadowed Lake Huron beach at the tip of Michigan’s Thumb where short, punchy northwest windswells break both left and right over shallow sand and scattered rock. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Port Austin in Michigan.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelIntermediate - Advanced
LocationMichigan, US
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Submerged reef and shoals around the Port Austin Reef Light and the Pinnebog River mouth create local current rips and unpredictable shallow hazards near the headland.
Tides have minor effect but very low water after storms can pull waves onto shallow shelves.
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