🇺🇸 Lake Michigan (Greenwood Beach)
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Best directionNNE
Wind speed10–20kt
SeasonJun – Sep
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterChop
Ridden forKitesurfing
On the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan, part of the same southern-lake wind pattern as Chicago's Montrose Beach just up the shoreline.
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Getting thereInside Indiana Dunes National Park in Gary, Indiana, about 45 minutes southeast of Chicago via I-90. A car is necessary; the dedicated Greenwood…
HazardsShifting underwater sandbars and strong longshore current develop quickly during NW swells. Strict seasonal beach…
Best time of dayAfternoon, once solar heating over the Indiana dunes draws in a stable NNW lake breeze. Post-midday gives steady…
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