Five Lakes Surf Club

Five Lakes Surf Club Documenting and preserving the culture of surfing on all five of the Great Lakes.

Trunks on Erie. It’s still summertime in the lakes. Enjoy the last drops before we’re all suiting up for crisp fall swel...
09/02/2026

Trunks on Erie. It’s still summertime in the lakes. Enjoy the last drops before we’re all suiting up for crisp fall swells!

Photos by Casey Koch of Matt and Robert Braden Bacha.

We love our American surfers in Rochester, and Buffalo and Sackets Harbor, BUTWe affirm those in Toronto, Wellington, Ki...
08/27/2026

We love our American surfers in Rochester, and Buffalo and Sackets Harbor, BUT

We affirm those in Toronto, Wellington, Kingston, and beyond a tad more today.

And this doesn’t even begin to touch on the implications of the origin of the name “Ontario” which we are unqualified to speak on.

Five Lakes will continue to refer to the lake as Ontario. It’s “HOMES,” not “SHAME.”

Yeah, probably gonna hit the pier jump on this paddle out.Photo: Ian Brewster
08/26/2026

Yeah, probably gonna hit the pier jump on this paddle out.

Photo: Ian Brewster

Read the full story in the link on Devin profile
08/25/2026

Read the full story in the link on Devin profile

Live like Larry.Larry Larsen is a core lake surfer. He surfed the day the Edmund Fitz went down 51 years ago. He is now ...
08/19/2026

Live like Larry.

Larry Larsen is a core lake surfer. He surfed the day the Edmund Fitz went down 51 years ago. He is now in his 70s, still surfing.

If you missed him at the Great Lakes Surf Festival, be sure to catch him next year. He’s humble and full of stoke.

Photo: Liz Gill

A comprehensive lake surfing guide from Five Lakes
08/17/2026

A comprehensive lake surfing guide from Five Lakes

Any guesses on the next surf town?Wrong answers only.
08/16/2026

Any guesses on the next surf town?

Wrong answers only.

07/31/2026

Bumpy, lakey rides on Erie. I think this is what people imagine when they think of lake surfing, just maybe a little smaller. Or completely flat.

These conditions are typically heavier onshore winds at mostly unprotected zones. It takes quite a lot of wave reading skill to find a wave in the mess.

Video by Craig Mazelis

Surfers: Nate Mance, Caleb Skelton Nicholas Elersich

Absolute non-stop summer wave action on the lakesPhotos: Jacob
07/28/2026

Absolute non-stop summer wave action on the lakes

Photos: Jacob

Archival Great Lakes surf shots courtesy of Mike Calabro
07/27/2026

Archival Great Lakes surf shots courtesy of Mike Calabro

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