We had the same issue! Drove 2hrs and headed out the Portage river with my 18ft four winns and was met by some guys from Wisconsin and they said not to even waste our time that it was to rough and they had taken on lots of water so without hesitation and previous bad experiences with Erie I quickly turned around and headed back in. I as well was relying on the NOAA forecast that was saying 2ft or less. WRONG... I will check out the Iwindsurf site in the future thanks "itsbob". I should of listened to Capt Juls she posted previously that it was gonna be pretty rough up there today. Lol