Map of Lac de Saint-Damase

Lac de Saint-Damase

48.6525° N, 67.8093° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Lac de Saint-Damase covers 0.69 km², making it larger than 68% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 7.1 km northwest of Lac-Malcolm.

Area
0.69 km²
larger than 68% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
5 km
longer than 61% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
1.6 mSecchi depth, 2019
less clear than 92% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
184 m

Today on the water

8.6 °C

Partly CloudyWind SW 19 km/h

Observed at Matane, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 5 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time5 a.m.8 a.m.11 a.m.2 p.m.5 p.m.8 p.m.11 p.m.2 a.m.
Wind km/hW 30W 30W 30W 30W 30W 30W 30W 40
Gusts km/h5050505050505060
Waves (est.) m0.20.20.20.20.2
Temp. °C77778666
Precip. %00030300040

Tonight: A few showers ending near midnight then partly cloudy. Fog patches dissipating this evening. Wind becoming west 30 km/h gusting to 50 this evening. Temperature steady near 7.

Weather: Matane (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:11 a.m.
Sunrise
6:42 a.m.
Sunset
5:53 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:25 p.m.
Moonrise
5:30 a.m.
Moonset
5:11 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: eutrophic.

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 7 years between 2012 and 2019; the latest annual mean is 1.6 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)