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I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

Thank you kindly! I would love to see the coastal waves in Maine. Maybe one day I’ll make it down there. 😊

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

I don’t think so. Sorry to say that I am the official photographer that captured these images. Dave also photographs these waves, usually sitting only yards away.

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

Hi from (kinda) across the way in Erie! My mum used to say that when she first saw the Atlantic Ocean, it was stormy weather but she was really disappointed by it all. Her opinion was that our lake was more terrifying in a storm than what she saw that day on the Jersey Shore. I wish she was still alive to see your images - she'd have lost her mind over them. You've done an unbelievably beautiful job capturing it all.

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

I live on the coast of Maine and photographing waves is the best thing. Funny thing about Mainers is when a big storm hits, we flock to the coast to see the ocean in all it's glory and there are always surfers out there enjoying the waves, too! Great shots! These are museum worthy.

I Spent Over 15 Gruelling Hours Photographing Lake Erie Waves

That is definitely a contributing factor that comes into play. The biggest factor on Lake Erie is how relatively shallow it is. This allows for much larger waves to form than the deeper lakes.

I Spent Over 15 Gruelling Hours Photographing Lake Erie Waves

Thank you kindly Joan!

I Spent Over 15 Gruelling Hours Photographing Lake Erie Waves

Cool!

I Spent Over 15 Gruelling Hours Photographing Lake Erie Waves

Why thank you! I've also heard that the Great Lakes are prone to storms that hit without warning, and which blow up huge waves suddenly, which is a problem of its own without chaotic wave patterns. But could it be that the waves become chaotic because the force powering them is bouncing off of multiple shores?

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

Thanks so much Bob!

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

Thank you!!

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

You sure you didn't get swept out to sea¿¿¿??? Thanks for risking your life to share such scariness. Quite awesome.

I Endured 3 Hours Of Gale-Force Winds To Capture These Massive Lake Erie Waves, And Here Are The Best 18 Pictures

Amazing shots!!