Why the big difference on these 2 Erie marine forecasts

[southerncomfort1]

Which site is more reliable?? Seems to be a big difference between the 2 forecasts.I assume this Sat will not be a good day to come over for a day of fishing because of the big waves.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.74467659677642&lon=-82.88360595703125&site=cle&smap=1&marine=1&unit=0&lg=en

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/fz/fzus61.kcle.glf.le.txt

[Raybob]

I see they are both NWF ~ but one is for just Port Clinton OH, while the other is for Lake Erie from Michigan to NY ... just a quick observation & off-the-cuff :)

[bob oh]

appears 1st one is near shore and 2nd is offshore. Near shore is almost always better. waves are bigger offshore. And, most forecast are usually wrong :-)