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Type	Ocean	Rider Ability	Beginner
	Island		Intermediate
	Lagoon		Expert
	Lake
	River
	River Mouth

Good for	Kitesurfing	Features	Rooms
	Windsurfing		Camping
	Surfing		School
			Shop
			Repair
			Rental
			Rescue
			Shower
			Toilet
			Food
			Parking
			None

Position


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Water

Type	Shallow	Hazards	Swimmers
	Flat		Animals
	Chop		Currents
	Small Wave (< 1m)		Ships/Boats
	Medium Wave (1-3m)		Jet Skis
	Big Wave (> 3m)		Fisher Nets
			Buoys
			Reefs
			Corals
			Wave Breakers / Groynes
			Bridge
			Mole
			Rocks
			Stones
			Shells
			Stakes
			None

Quality	No Information	Best Tide	High Tide
	Crystal Clear		Low Tide
	Clean		Coming Tide
	Cloudy		Falling Tide
	Dirty		Tide Independent
	Polluted

Additional Information	Lake Michigan. Flat and choppy water with small waves if the wind is stronger. Shallow area.

Beach

Type	Grass	Size	No Information
	Sand		None
	Pebbles		Small
	Rocks		Medium
	Stones		Big
			Depending on Tide

Hazards	Rocks	Beach crowds	January
	Trees		February
	Concrete		March
	Shells		April
	Road		May
	Cars		June
	Fence		July
	Power Lines		August
	Bystanders		September
	Stones		October
	Other		November
	None		December
			None

Additional Information	Beautiful deep beach with 400' boardwalk directly out on the beach. Great sand, clean, no rocks, great dune grass, tons of space to launch and land.

Weather

Spring	Shorts	Summer	Shorts
	Shorty		Shorty
	Normal Wetsuit		Normal Wetsuit
	Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit		Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Fall	Shorts	Winter	Shorts
	Shorty		Shorty
	Normal Wetsuit		Normal Wetsuit
	Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit		Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Additional Information	Summer is the time, but August and September are still beautiful. In summer no wetsuit necessary. August and September wetsuit may be a good call.

Wind

Best Months	January	Wind Type	Thermal Winds
	February		Frontal Winds
	March		Trade Winds
	April
	May
	June
	July
	August
	September
	October
	November
	December

Best Direction	N	Main Direction	N
	NNE		NNE
	NE		NE
	ENE		ENE
	E		E
	ESE		ESE
	SE		SE
	SSE		SSE
	S		S
	SSW		SSW
	SW		SW
	WSW		WSW
	W		W
	WNW		WNW
	NW		NW
	NNW		NNW

Additional Information	Completely depends! The best months for strong winds take place in the fall, beginning in September.

How to get there

Transport	Car	Access	No Information
	Bus		No Walk
	Train		Short Walk
	Boat		Medium Walk
			Long Walk

Additional Information	Take 94E to Michigan City exit 34B. This is 421. Take 421 North through town until you dead end into the Public Library. Turn right and then take your first left on Pine. Follow this straight thru the light and over the draw bridge. The street will curve to the right. On the left you will see the Lake, gazebo, and harbor. Continue past the zoo. The road has turned into Lake Shore Drive and you will follow it thru one stop sign to Stop 7. Beachwalk resort is on the right, beach is on the left.

Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules	Restricted Zones
	Time Restrictions
	Fees
	License
	Other
	None

Additional Information

Nightlife
Nightlife	Within 1 mile there is a big sports bar called Mateys, a pub named Swingbelly's and a steak house that has live music every weekend called Galvestons. There is also a deli that serves Starbucks coffee and great panini sandwiches in the Beachwalk.

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