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Saturday Not A Good Day For Swimming On Much Of Michigan's West Coast

a picture of a metal structure on a concrete pier leading into the waters of Lake Michigan. A sign at the front end says jumping off the pier is prohibited.
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Swimming will be dangerous at many Lake Michigan beaches tomorrow. That’s according to the National Weather Service, which is urging extreme caution at beaches from South Haven all the way north along the coast. 

Swimming on the south sides of piers from South Haven to Manistee will be especially risky due to strong currents. High water levels on the Great Lakes are also making breakwaters and other such structures more slippery, and high waves could knock people off.

Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. She covered those topics and more in eight years of reporting for the Station, before becoming news director in 2022.