Chasing 50+ ft Blizzard Waves on Lake Superior

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @roselothbrok8463
    @roselothbrok8463 11 місяців тому +15

    I miss living in Duluth. It’s been 10 years since I was in college, but this city still calls to me. It’s the siren song of my soul. The intensity of the weather, the raw beauty of the land around us, the people. It is home.

  • @Randy-fx1rm
    @Randy-fx1rm Рік тому +7

    The SUPERIOR LAKE OF PLANET EARTH LOVE HER THANK YOU.

  • @johnmarkbutzu6367
    @johnmarkbutzu6367 Рік тому +8

    I usually don't comment but this was awesome!!! We live 10 minutes from Lake Superior (Keweenaw Bay)... Love watching the waves!!!

  • @simunator
    @simunator Рік тому +7

    what i love about the great lakes is that it's freshwater. when it sprays, I don't have to go home and take a shower

  • @thomasmtulinsky7753
    @thomasmtulinsky7753 Рік тому +9

    I'm like you. When most people want to stay indoors, I want to go out in it. Great to see.
    What direction was the wind coming from? Must have been East, but that's unusual for Michigan/Minn.
    One thing- those aren't 50 ft waves. They're 15-20 ft waves with spray (spectacularly) reaching 50 ft when hitting the rocks.

  • @tbob8212
    @tbob8212 Рік тому +12

    1:12 Going down the hill on I-35 you can see the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin and the big blue of Lake Superior stretching to the horizon. Not this time though, nothing but snow 😂

    • @roselothbrok8463
      @roselothbrok8463 11 місяців тому +1

      On a clear day it’s such a beautiful sight to behold.

  • @lauracowan3343
    @lauracowan3343 5 місяців тому +2

    I love Lake Superior storm wave videos! Thanks for sharing!

  • @ultra3535
    @ultra3535 2 роки тому +63

    That’s what the Edmund Fitzgerald was dealing with.

    • @carmelitequotes
      @carmelitequotes 2 роки тому +3

      That was my first thought when I saw the video clip on Twitter.

    • @collinjamesguitar
      @collinjamesguitar 2 роки тому +18

      The storm that hit on the 10th of November 1975 was actually more intense than this one even. Cannot imagine what those guys went through.

    • @davidedwards3838
      @davidedwards3838 Рік тому +8

      @@carmelitequotes nah, the Fitz was getting slammed by 35 foot waves.

    • @andynieuwenhuis7833
      @andynieuwenhuis7833 Рік тому

      ​@@carmelitequotesYou Should CHECK OUT, the 3 day STORM OF 1913,before the 2way radio.

    • @DonIsadick-mf3gv
      @DonIsadick-mf3gv Рік тому +2

      Yes. Hit by 3 big waves in succession. As reported by the Arthur Anderson who was in the vicinity and was hit by same 3 waves.
      The Fitzgerald was overweight from what I've read. And had a captain from Toledo Ohio, and at least one of the deckhands was from Toledo and he started to someone he didn't want to be on that boat because the captain would go through any storm like it was nothing.
      So back then I guess they got paid more for getting overweight. And it's not like trucking where they have to deal with tickets at weigh stations.
      So that stupidly fearless captain got over loaded and took the boat into a storm.
      Just saying what I've read.
      Now days, they don't run in those months and dock the boats.

  • @reddiver7293
    @reddiver7293 Рік тому +2

    I don't know about the 50+ ft. part, but that's a lot of water moving around. Thanks for posting.

  • @northlander4370
    @northlander4370 2 місяці тому +1

    i have stood on the north shore of Lake Superior in Marathon , in Northern Ontario and witnessed the same ...powerful to say the least .

  • @cynthiasmith4130
    @cynthiasmith4130 Рік тому +3

    Just stunning and beautiful!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍..... Come to our State, it is just beautiful....🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲..... A Michigainian!!!!!!

  • @upnorthadventureswithccc
    @upnorthadventureswithccc Рік тому +6

    Wow that was awesome Jake ! You are brave to get that close. But oh so cool to see ! Thanks for taking us along 😊

  • @grahambull3625
    @grahambull3625 Рік тому +2

    Your excitement is infectious!! Love to see it, keep up the content (:

  • @janetryan9779
    @janetryan9779 11 місяців тому

    That was amazing! We live near the lower two Great Lakes, and though I have seen turbulent water on them, I have never seen anything like this! I would love to see this in person. Thanks for posting.

  • @gratefullee1042
    @gratefullee1042 3 місяці тому

    You earned that subscription my guy! Superior effort and footage! I love livin in the twin ports so close to the majesty ❤

  • @channarosenblatt8197
    @channarosenblatt8197 Рік тому +5

    Patriotism at its best. Thank you for sharing this part of Minnesota with me. Stunning images. You are BRAVE.

  • @cribbsprojects
    @cribbsprojects Рік тому +1

    Love that the Canon holds up to all that! It's a camera you can love! Nice video.

  • @whatupplaya7951
    @whatupplaya7951 Рік тому +4

    Frickin Amazing 😊 I've been up the North Shore many times. And have never seen Superior so wild😳 Thanks for the adventure 🤗🌊

  • @lauragonsalez8655
    @lauragonsalez8655 Рік тому +2

    Mil gracias por brindar tanta majestuosidad de la naturaleza belleza y tu pasar un frío loco y arriesgarte para sacar solo arte saludos uruguay

  • @adamwasserman9326
    @adamwasserman9326 Рік тому +1

    So awesome bro. Live the dream.

  • @cynthiasmith4130
    @cynthiasmith4130 Рік тому +2

    Lady Superior can be very angry!!!! But it is worth seeing it!!!!!!! Love from, Michigan..... 🥀🥀🥀🥀....

  • @adelehansonn
    @adelehansonn 2 роки тому +5

    Those waves 😮

  • @phillipheitmann5830
    @phillipheitmann5830 2 роки тому +1

    From one heitmann to another...great video

  • @donrobertson4611
    @donrobertson4611 Рік тому

    Thrilling video, talk about braving the elements! So great to experience that. And I-35 was unrecognizable. Do not need all that music, though.

  • @sharonconstan8234
    @sharonconstan8234 Рік тому +1

    Appreciate your video!

  • @Beamin-vt7jm
    @Beamin-vt7jm Рік тому +4

    Never been in the great lakes. I think it would be amazing to go in the water with those huge waves and have it be freshwater.

    • @Easy-Eight
      @Easy-Eight Рік тому

      I live here. The water is just cold

    • @danalan4329
      @danalan4329 Рік тому +3

      I live on Great lakes. Superior will hurt your bones it can be that cold. I was cutting grass in June I got allergies bad from doing that. Went down to lake and jumped in. My allergies were gone and I cooled down instantly.
      Also Lake Superior is called Gitchagumme by the Native Americans.

    • @BillyT886
      @BillyT886 2 місяці тому

      @@Easy-Eightmost of the time….but if you get there at the right time (at least in Milwaukee) you ca get some crazy warm water. Rare. And I don’t know why

  • @tomhudson1676
    @tomhudson1676 2 роки тому

    Gorgeous day, gorgeous vid. Thanks!!
    More?

  • @edwardjakaitis5822
    @edwardjakaitis5822 Рік тому +2

    Cool shots man, way to go! You might be well served to get yourself a safety harness when you’re solo along those cliffs. Could be the best $100 you ever spent.

  • @doogandoggin2571
    @doogandoggin2571 6 місяців тому

    This looks amazing

  • @cfrantz84
    @cfrantz84 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful. I just found this video and subscribed right away! The video looks to be great quality. Thank you for sharing this. I’m in lower Michigan and am in constant awe of what I call ‘big water’ like Lake Superior. Would you be willing to share what type of camera you are using? I love nature and dream of capturing these types of moments. But not much camera experience outside of my iPhone 😅

  • @goodkarna
    @goodkarna 2 роки тому +1

    You rock.

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker 2 роки тому +1

    I love Tettagouche when the lake is angry:-). That would be a sort of treacherous drive in some spots. That hill going down into Duluth would be one place, and then there are some hills on 61 too that would be harry in the snow/ice. The old road would have been a LOT worse when it was actually closer to the lake in spots. Did you make it to Split Rock at all?

    • @JakeHeitmanAdventures
      @JakeHeitmanAdventures  2 роки тому

      Tettegouche is the best spot to view big waves! Did not make it to Split Rock this day, but also a great spot to expercience the lake up close!

  • @baire702
    @baire702 Рік тому

    i love the twin sprays!

  • @reckoner5113
    @reckoner5113 Рік тому

    Man that’s astonishing. Id just started watching and immediately subscribed

  • @atomicwedgie8176
    @atomicwedgie8176 Рік тому +1

    I swam in that wearing a you're-uh-peein' speedo... it was bone chilling!

  • @aleccope1320
    @aleccope1320 5 місяців тому

    Looks exactly like the UP ❤

  • @johnr5252
    @johnr5252 Рік тому

    I miss snow on the east coast. I wonder if we will ever see it again?

  • @andynieuwenhuis7833
    @andynieuwenhuis7833 Рік тому +1

    The wind in the Wires, made a tattle sound,
    As the waves broke over the Railings.
    And Every man knew, as the Captain did to.
    It was the witch of November, come stealing.

  • @rickrudnick4108
    @rickrudnick4108 2 роки тому +6

    50+ feet? Wonder what you would call the waves out here on the Pacific? 600 feet?

    • @johnappleseed936
      @johnappleseed936 Рік тому

      yooooo lol i had to scroll all the way down to find this comment. facts these are tiny

  • @KB_-_
    @KB_-_ Рік тому

    @YesTheory would love this ❤

  • @SamMiller-x4f
    @SamMiller-x4f 5 місяців тому

    Surf's Up!

  • @shaunjej1855
    @shaunjej1855 Рік тому

    I ad to google where you were. to make sense of your journey. Nice work.

  • @Ontrail82
    @Ontrail82 2 роки тому +2

    Dude! Epic stuff 😎

  • @Demsrsatan
    @Demsrsatan 5 місяців тому

    I was doing that same thing when the Fitz went down

  • @johnwurfel2862
    @johnwurfel2862 7 місяців тому +1

    Aye, sir. Let's make one last run. ☠️

  • @itcantbetruebutis7778
    @itcantbetruebutis7778 Рік тому +1

    I swim from Nov- Feb in me skibbies and never once was cold

  • @brianellinger6622
    @brianellinger6622 Рік тому

    yeah, been told that a few times but i guess that i just dont see it yet

  • @AbandonMENTALITY
    @AbandonMENTALITY Рік тому

    Coming from the cities?

  • @lakemichiganboatingwithkjr7508
    @lakemichiganboatingwithkjr7508 11 місяців тому

    What is 28.8 feet?
    The tallest wave ever recorded on lake superior. So, yes those are some seriously impressive waves. They probably are less than 20 feet. Still some great footage and really nice, clear video. Thanks for sharing this awesome event!!

    • @BradleyBellwether-oy2qi
      @BradleyBellwether-oy2qi 8 місяців тому

      These are splashing above 50' foot cliffs. So he's calling them "50' waves" and although that's *_scientifically_* incorrect. He's not exactly wrong either. They are splashing over 50'. They're just not measuring 50' from trough to crest.

  • @joesguiltyguitar
    @joesguiltyguitar Рік тому

    Nice 🙂👍

  • @TheAmericanCatholic
    @TheAmericanCatholic Рік тому +1

    These are brutal. What state are you from?

    • @tbob8212
      @tbob8212 Рік тому

      This is Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

  • @aRYANz88
    @aRYANz88 9 місяців тому

    Song at the end?

  • @brentonpreece4740
    @brentonpreece4740 Рік тому +1

    Shove that!!! The tropics for me!!!!!

  • @johncok-toastin1500
    @johncok-toastin1500 2 роки тому

    Oh hellllll no. Cannot believe that is the lake.

  • @baire702
    @baire702 Рік тому

    this is awesome! but i hope you are being careful! also, is your camera waterproof?

    • @JakeHeitmanAdventures
      @JakeHeitmanAdventures  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! Always being aware of the surroundings to stay safe! My camera is not waterproof, but canon says it's water-resistant, which I can confirm. 🤣

  • @craigieplaysstuff
    @craigieplaysstuff 2 роки тому +5

    That’s 28ft not 50ft plus lol

    • @xisotopex
      @xisotopex Рік тому +1

      the spray from the waves hitting the cliffs might be 50' but not the actual wave itself. there is not enough fetch on that lake nor wind to blow hard enough

    • @drforjc
      @drforjc Рік тому

      @@xisotopex Yes, wave height is measured bottom of trough to top of crest. These are no where near that. If you google highest wave height ever recorded on Lake Superior you will get results of about 28 - 29 feet.

  • @Rennette-td2mq
    @Rennette-td2mq 3 місяці тому

    There are 4 great lakes and then the Superior Sea

  • @CopperCityPatriot
    @CopperCityPatriot 2 роки тому +1

    More of you than the waves.

  • @djizzah
    @djizzah 11 місяців тому

    was looking for surfers

  • @NicholasGriffin-te2wb
    @NicholasGriffin-te2wb 11 місяців тому

    Could you even imagine it? Being out there and your ship gets ripped in half. You’re on a “lifeboat” getting constantly battered by waves in these freezing conditions. No wonder people don’t survive shipwrecks on these waters. They just freeze to death while being constantly battered by wind and waves. As a native Michigander it really strikes a cord with me. Rip to the mariners who sacrificed their life on these waters.

  • @baire702
    @baire702 Рік тому

    do you sell your photos?

    • @JakeHeitmanAdventures
      @JakeHeitmanAdventures  Рік тому

      Currently, I do not have a website to sell photos, but maybe in the future 🤔.
      If you are interested in one through you can message me on Instagram, FB, or Twitter and let me know what image you are interested in and I can sell you one.

  • @Jcozz
    @Jcozz Місяць тому

    That’s goggle weather, very cool shots.

  • @mattwoody1089
    @mattwoody1089 Рік тому

    I've boated on lake superior all my life and realistically never seen waves bigger the 10 to 15 feet I've never seen bigger

  • @America17760
    @America17760 Рік тому

    Very cool video, but none of those waves are even 10 feet high

  • @robnoxious7637
    @robnoxious7637 Рік тому +1

    Highest waved ever recorded on any great lake is 29ft.

  • @chrisnizer5702
    @chrisnizer5702 Рік тому

    Mother nature was throwin' a fit on that day. Thanks for the video my friend, good stuff. 👍 👍

  • @annanardo2358
    @annanardo2358 Рік тому +1

    Give me Miami any day, this snow is repulsive.👿👿👿😠😠😠😠😠

  • @berniemckeown5889
    @berniemckeown5889 Рік тому

    That boy’s as daft as a brush but bless his heart

  • @thorthegreat1338
    @thorthegreat1338 Рік тому +2

    Largest wave ever recorded on any of the great lakes is 30 feet, the lake is not wide enough to porduce any bigger waves, the waves in your video are a max of 15 feet

  • @utoobia
    @utoobia 3 місяці тому +1

    50 feet, 5 feet…whatever.

  • @kidnamedfinger9736
    @kidnamedfinger9736 6 місяців тому

    Ain't no way this is a lake bro

  • @dannygreen7391
    @dannygreen7391 Рік тому

    Better stay on those spikes . Cause if you slipped onto your butt you would become a slippery toboggan.

  • @ryandavis1979
    @ryandavis1979 Рік тому +2

    Click bait "50 ft waves". UGH

    • @kentwilliams3326
      @kentwilliams3326 6 місяців тому +1

      Still, great to see! I will be moving to the Keweenaw in the not too distant future. 👍

    • @marcbazuin8687
      @marcbazuin8687 6 місяців тому

      But if you add all those waves up...

  • @2Hung4Harvard
    @2Hung4Harvard Рік тому

    That poor camera

  • @DonFonzarelli-uq9yx
    @DonFonzarelli-uq9yx 2 місяці тому

    Argh !

  • @Asht33adog
    @Asht33adog 3 місяці тому

    50ft… cmon man. This shit is click bate. Awesome that a lake has waves but don’t false advertise. This is like 6-8 at most.

  • @ddcc2787
    @ddcc2787 2 місяці тому

    Too long of a video. Too
    Much of your face and you talking and driving etc. more lake waves less you 🤷🏻