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Nearshore Marine Forecast

National Weather Service Northern Indiana

242 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2026



For waters within five nautical miles of shore on Lake Michigan



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New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-

242 PM EDT Sat Mar 21 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

MONDAY AFTERNOON...



.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Partly

cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet. 

.SUNDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to

25 knots. Gusts up to 30 knots. A chance of rain showers in the

afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet building to 5 to 8 feet. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 25 knots. Gusts up to 30 knots.

A chance of rain showers in the evening. Waves 6 to 9 feet 

subsiding to 4 to 7 feet. 

.MONDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Mostly cloudy in the

morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding

to 2 to 4 feet. 



The water temperature at St. Joseph and at Michigan City is 39 

degrees.



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