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Lake Erie / Mentor Headlands

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Ohio (USA), Painesville, Ohio (USA)
Coordinates: 41.7550, -81.2944
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Lake Erie, though a lake it is a great lake and will get sufficiently choppy with short period wind chop up to 1-2m if wind is heavy with an onshore component. Water is deep 10m off shore. Long (1.3km) sandy beach within State Park. Sandy with pebbles. Main beach area is raked/cleaned, outside main beach area, fair amount of driftwood branches which can tangle lines during launch. South end of the beach is designated launch area, right against the southern boundary of the park. Best on West to Southwest. East or Northeast is ok too. Shoreline faces straight SW to NE. Wind is normally gusty. No wetsuit needed from June to September. Shorty or full suit otherwise. The water is comfortable in the summer, cools to mid 50's°F by late October. Water: Chop, Smallwave. Features: Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

14 kn

W · gusts 22 kn

Waves

0.9 m

4s period

Swell

0.2 m

Tide

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Updated 08/10/2026, 02:03:13

Forecast

Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13S00:00S06:00SW12:00SW18:00NW00:00W06:00W12:00NW18:00NW00:00NW06:00W12:00NE18:00SE00:00S06:00S12:00S18:00S00:00S06:00SE12:00SE18:00W00:00NW06:00W12:00SW18:00SW00:00SW06:00W12:00NW18:00
Wind scale
Max 35 kn
Max 1.5 m waves
Updated 08/10/2026, 02:03:13

Data: Open-Meteo

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