Water Temps (Newport, Narragansett: stats, beach, pool)
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Saw someone posted that water temps in RI are the same as the Carolinas. Just wanted to correct the record before anyone base a visit or vacation on this, because it is a BLATANT lie
RI ocean water rarely makes it above the 60's and that's at the absolute warmest. NC waters are in the 80's most of the summer.
Saw someone posted that water temps in RI are the same as the Carolinas. Just wanted to correct the record before anyone base a visit or vacation on this, because it is a BLATANT lie
RI ocean water rarely makes it above the 60's and that's at the absolute warmest. NC waters are in the 80's most of the summer.
Saw someone posted that water temps in RI are the same as the Carolinas. Just wanted to correct the record before anyone base a visit or vacation on this, because it is a BLATANT lie
RI ocean water rarely makes it above the 60's and that's at the absolute warmest. NC waters are in the 80's most of the summer.
You are likely referring to this post, which, by the way, is from a regular poster who is generally a Rhode Island detractor on this forum:
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Originally Posted by massnative71
Water temps in RI are surprisingly similar to the Outer Banks, where you are further out into the ocean and the water is deep. If you are used to the bathtub like water elsewhere in the Carolinas, then yes it might be a shock.
Clearly all you got from this was "OMG someone is saying something good about Rhode Island, must create a new thread to bash the state immediately." If you'd actually read it, you would have seen that the post acknowledges that Rhode Island water temperatures are generally much lower than in the Carolinas, which is hardly surprising given the hundreds of miles between them.
The part that you're objecting to, "[w]ater temps in RI are surprisingly similar to the Outer Banks," is in fact true judging by the very sources you posted. The most recent water temperature in Duck, North Carolina, is 68.9 degrees; in Newport, Rhode Island (the coldest water logged in the state, by the way), it's 70.3 degrees. In fairness, the Outer Banks do maintain their temperature better than Rhody once September comes, but literally nobody is coming to Rhode Island to go to the beach past Labor Day, so that's hardly a relevant comparison, especially given your disingenuous statement that the purpose of your post is to "correct the record before anyone base [sic] a visit or vacation on this."
Last edited by CaseyB; 08-04-2017 at 05:19 PM..
Reason: name calling
Speaking as the Carolinas resident who prompted the initial comparison, let me say that we just returned from our week up there, and can happily report that the water was not as cold as we feared. Everyone in the family was able to get out and swim in the ocean - Even my born and bred southern girl of a wife
Speaking as the Carolinas resident who prompted the initial comparison, let me say that we just returned from our week up there, and can happily report that the water was not as cold as we feared. Everyone in the family was able to get out and swim in the ocean - Even my born and bred southern girl of a wife
This is caused by Global Warming.....or perhaps Summer warming
The part that you're objecting to, "[w]ater temps in RI are surprisingly similar to the Outer Banks," is in fact true judging by the very sources you posted. The most recent water temperature in Duck, North Carolina, is 68.9 degrees; in Newport, Rhode Island (the coldest water logged in the state, by the way), it's 70.3 degrees. In fairness, the Outer Banks do maintain their temperature better than Rhody once September comes, but literally nobody is coming to Rhode Island to go to the beach past Labor Day, so that's hardly a relevant comparison, especially given your disingenuous statement that the purpose of your post is to "correct the record before anyone base [sic] a visit or vacation on this."
I made note of this because one summer I actually experienced the water (incidentally right outside of Duck) a week or two after visiting 2nd Beach. I honestly felt it was colder down there; probably due to expectations after until then visiting further south in NC, but also to the stronger surf and currents (It couldn't REALLY be colder hundreds of miles south). But yeah, I guess this confirms that I wasn't crazy after all.
Last edited by massnative71; 08-07-2017 at 04:17 PM..
I've spent a lot of time in Southern Shores, Outer Banks where I have cousins and the temps feel about the same as what I expect here - but the tides are WAY different. Kinda scary some days, and it's weird but the waves seem to have a different rhythm. Like, you'll jump a wave and are expecting a certain number of beats before the next wave, but instead you get walloped by a huge wave immediately behind the first one! And then the next day could be much more placid. Love the area, wish the undertow didn't make me nervous. I know I'm not the strongest swimmer. Luckily my cousins also have a pool and a hot tub.
I've spent a lot of time in Southern Shores, Outer Banks where I have cousins and the temps feel about the same as what I expect here - but the tides are WAY different. Kinda scary some days, and it's weird but the waves seem to have a different rhythm. Like, you'll jump a wave and are expecting a certain number of beats before the next wave, but instead you get walloped by a huge wave immediately behind the first one! And then the next day could be much more placid. Love the area, wish the undertow didn't make me nervous. I know I'm not the strongest swimmer. Luckily my cousins also have a pool and a hot tub.
Southern Shores is where I have stayed as well. But yep the undertow is constant, at the worst it usually just drags you along the beach though ("usually").
Southern Shores is where I have stayed as well. But yep the undertow is constant, at the worst it usually just drags you along the beach though ("usually").
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). But yeah, I guess this confirms that I wasn't crazy after all.
. But yep the undertow is constant, at the worst it usually just drags you along the beach though ("usually").
