Monitor the weather forecasts before you even get near the water. Lake Tahoe is big and beautiful — 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. Scary winds and thunderstorms can be at one end of the lake, and calmer water and blue skies at the other.

Monitor the weather forecasts before you even get near the water. Lake Tahoe is big and beautiful — 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. Scary winds and thunderstorms can be at one end of the lake, and calmer water and blue skies at the other.