Public ramp · Houghton County · Michigan
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Water you can reach from this ramp
Best first. 3 waters, scored separately.
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Portage Lake is a public boat ramp in Houghton County, Michigan, on Portage Lake. From here SeaStatus scores 3 waters: Ontonagon to Upper Entrance of Portage Canal MI, Portage Lake to Huron Island MI to Lower Entrance of Portage Canal To Huron Islands MI Including Keweenaw and Huron Bays and Point Isabelle to Lower Entrance of Portage Canal MI.
The main water here is Point Isabelle to Lower Entrance of Portage Canal MI. Nearshore water is scored mostly on wind and wave height, with wave steepness and the tidal current counting too. A current running against the wind is treated as worse than either one alone. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 45023. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 14.3 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NDBC Buoy 45023