Question about tides - lows/highs

[Pete in MI]

Being a newbie I guess I'm going to have a lot of questions. I am wondering about low tides - mostly if there is such a thing with inland lakes. Besides the Great Lakes of Michigan, the next largest lake in Michigan is Houghton Lake. So wondering if there will be low tide times on Houghton Lake where I might be able to venture further out from shore. I don't scuba dive - too bad for me - good for others who do.

So do inland lakes also get affected by high and low tides? If so is there somewhere on the internet that would give the information as to when (time and dates) when these times would occur.

I'll apologize if anyone thinks I am asking stupid quest but hey like they say - the only stupid question is the one not asked.

Thanks for bearing with my ignorance. (Someone once told me there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. "Ignorance is cureable with knowledge and stupid is not cureable" as I was told.

 

[Anonymous]

And as far as the Great Lakes are concerned, the only difference between their beaches and ocean beaches are GL beaches are fresh water, and no tides. However, you still get rip currents, surf, and "blowouts", when an off-shore wind actually blows the water away from the shoreline, lowing the local lake level. This can be dangerous, if the wind suddenly stops, the water level can raise fast enough to be a danger to folks.

I don't know if Houghton is big enough to get rip currents, and I doubt it's big enough to get blowouts.

HH from Allen in MI

 

[Pete in MI]

n/t