Warm weather doesn't always mean warm lakes, and while summer in Michigan is approaching, residents planning their next trip to one of the Great Lakes should wait a little longer before jumping in.

Are Wisconsin's Great Lakes calling your name? Lake Michigan and Lake Superior are seeing temperatures in the mid to high 60s this week and will keep warming up as the season continues. Here's how ...

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

Tired of the seaweed, sand and that salty feeling at the ocean? You're in luck. One of the best lakes for freshwater swimming in the country is located right here in New Hampshire, according to Reader ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

As the sun rose over Lake Superior on the morning of August 24th, over 150 people went to Park Point to participate in the first annual Great Lake Superior Swim. This was a swim race in Lake Superior ...

Plumas County Search and Rescue assisted a kayaker who fell out of his boat at Frenchman Lake. The kayaker had to swim a long ...

Peak swimming temperatures in the Great Lakes typically occur in late summer/early fall. Swimming in cold lake water can lead to cold shock and hypothermia. The official start of summer is June 20, ...