Lake Erie, Huron Harbor 12-29-2025 This is a seiche: strong, sustained winds shove lake water toward one end of Lake Erie, and the other end drops fast. Because Lake Erie is long and shallow (especially out here in the western basin), that wind setup can expose huge stretches of sand and mud flats in a hurry — and then bring the water back just as quickly when the wind shifts. If you’ve never seen a Great Lakes seiche in real life, it looks unreal on camera: the shoreline stretches out, the wate