Spot report
🇺🇸Big Shoulders (Ohio Street Beach), Illinois
updated 06:30 local · open-meteo
🏊 Open-water swim· Lake Michigan beach course · base: Chicago
The Big Shoulders 2.5K/5K has run off Ohio Street Beach since 1991, and the beach is Chicago's daily open-water training lane along the seawall.
Heads up · Lake chop and cold snaps; e.coli beach closures
Wind
14 km/h
gusts 27 · from NE
Waves
0.2 m
2 s period
Road
dry
dry — 17 °C
Daylight
07:01 → 18:10
17 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🚵
Mountain bike
RIDEABLEhero dirt, 17 °C — prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 17 °C — prime · 12 h
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 14 °C — prime · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 14 °C — prime · 12 h
This week
Today
23 km/h · 0.7 m
14–18 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
25 km/h · 0.7 m
14–15 °C · 46 mm
🌀Whitewater
Fri
29 km/h · 2.1 m
9–14 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
25 km/h · 2.0 m
7–15 °C
🌊Surf
Sun
23 km/h · 0.3 m
10–18 °C
⛵Sailing
Mon
18 km/h · 0.3 m
12–18 °C
🧗Climb
Tue
8 km/h · 0.1 m
12–19 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 17 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- 14 km/h → foil, or your biggest kite
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 17 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
- Daylight 07:01–18:10 → golden hour from 17:10
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