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Your Lake Erie. Your Way.

Create a free account to unlock custom alerts, saved trips, and watercraft profiles, plus live cams, real-time conditions, and trip planning. Your account works with the Lake Erie Pulse mobile app, too.

One login, everywhere. Your free account works on the website and the iOS app.

What You Get With a Free Account

Everything you need to plan smarter and stay safe on Lake Erie.

Custom Alert Zones

Choose from 12 Lake Erie marine forecast zones. Get notified about small craft advisories, gale warnings, and severe weather only in the areas you fish and boat.

Saved Watercraft Profiles

Store your boat details once. Trip planning auto-fills your vessel type, size, and experience level so you can check conditions faster.

Home Port & Favorites

Set your home port and up to 5 favorite destinations. Get quick access to conditions, forecasts, and trip planning for the spots you visit most.

Live Cams

Watch live cameras from around Lake Erie — check the water and the skies at your favorite spots before you head out.

Multi-Stop Trip Planner

Plan trips with up to 4 stops. Get weather-aware departure windows, hazard alerts, and leg-by-leg condition analysis for your route.

Surf Favorites

Save your favorite surf spots and get notifications when conditions are firing.

Alerts That Matter to You

Choose exactly which alerts you want, set quiet hours, and pick your zones. No spam, just safety.

Marine Alerts
Small craft advisory, gale warning, hazardous seas
Severe Weather
Thunderstorm, tornado, flood, winter storm
Surf Conditions
Wave alerts for your favorite spots

Plus: quiet hours, severe-only filter, sound and vibration controls

12 Marine Forecast Zones

Select the zones where you fish and boat. Alerts are filtered to your zones so you only hear about conditions that affect your water. Coverage spans the entire U.S. shore from Maumee Bay, Ohio to Ripley, New York, plus all three open water basins.

Maumee Bay to Reno Beach
Reno Beach to The Islands
The Islands
Marblehead to Huron
Huron to Vermilion
Vermilion to Avon Point
Avon Point to Willowick
Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake
Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut
Conneaut to Ripley
Open Waters: Western Basin
Open Waters: Central & Eastern

Your Account Includes

Watercraft profiles
Save multiple boats with size, type, and name
Home port
Quick access to your primary departure location
Up to 5 favorite destinations
Fast trip planning to your go-to spots
Custom alert preferences
Quiet hours, severity filters, and per-zone control
Saved trip plans
Multi-stop routes with conditions analysis
Favorite surf spots
Targeted surf alerts

Ready to get on the water?

Join the Lake Erie Pulse community. It takes 30 seconds and it is completely free.

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