What's your minimum temperature to comfortably swim? (place, South, maximum)
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Sea temps rarely rise above 16 C / 60 F here, so I'm accustomed to swimming in cold water. Water this cold actually stings. I can't stay in for more than an hour or so and it needs to be sunny with temps 24+ C / 75+ F.
I've been swimming in 29 C / 85 F water overseas and that was wonderful. 24 C / 75 F water was also very nice. Even 21 C / 70 F water has only a very slight chill to me. In all cases the air temp was around 30 C / 86 F.
So I would say my minimum water temp is 18 C / 65 F and minimum air temp 27 C / 80 F.
The average summer is 13c. I honestly don't know how they cope in the water in their local beaches because the water in most of those countries will not even be above 20c.
I don't find 12c that cold, its a bit cold at the start when you get in but after a few minutes its fine.
I know I think they'd **** themselves if they came here. I mean where do they think they live? Most places do not have water at 25c.
Yeah but I don't think many people go to the UK to go swimming. Which is a good thing, it's already cool enough you don't need to go swimming to be comfortable.
Water temperatures: Starts to be comfortable for swimming from 18-19°C onwards, but to really feel comfortable it should be at least 20°C.
Air temperatures: Depends on the water temperature actually. If the water temperature is warmer than air temperature (which is common in August/September) i go swim there.
I remember a cooler windy day last August when the air temperature was artound 18°C, but water temperature was around 22°C, so it was really confortable.
On the other hand if we get a 29°C warm day in Mid June and the water temperature can be still as low as 12/13°C i would dare going to swim there.
So my swimming season usually begins in July and stretches to September, in some warm falls even up to October (e.g. 2011)
Air temperature: low 80s F.
Water temperature: mid 70s F.
The best swimming I ever had was in a friend's pool where both the water and air temperatures were in the mid-90s F. The sun was bright that day and the water sparkled. I was able to close my eyes, sip a frosty drink, and imagine myself in a tropical paradise. Ahh...
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