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[url=http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Ballycastle/seatemp]Ballycastle Water Temperature (Sea) and Wetsuit Guide (Antrim, Ireland)[/url]
It is pretty common. We here on the north coast are ALWAYS colder than the atlantic.
That would be away from the coast.. anyway it isn't exactly typical of most of the UK. Only the far north of Ireland and northern Scotland have sea temps that low.. I doubt anybody ever goes swimming there without a thick wetsuit anyway.. it is far too cold for swimming
It is also common to experience a phenomenon called "upwelling". I'm not sure how common that occurs on your costs. Here is an example of what upwelling can do to water surface temps on the lake
On Sept 6th 2011, the coastal areas were between 25-30C. The very next day, upwelling caused the temps to drop to 7C on the eastern shores of the lake.
It occasionally happens here with strong bora or jugo winds. An example is the beginning of August last year, when the temperature of the sea in the southern Adriatic fell from 27-31c to 20-23c even though the air temperatures were warmer than that (it was usually 32-35c during day and 23-27c during night).
That would be away from the coast.. anyway it isn't exactly typical of most of the UK. Only the far north of Ireland and northern Scotland have sea temps that low.. I doubt anybody ever goes swimming there without a thick wetsuit anyway.. it is far too cold for swimming
It isn't even low. There is a sea ice in labrador all summer..
And yes I have been out in swimming trunks and its been fine.
Yeah, they told us all about it on the local news. Wish I was down there to see it. Supposedly yesterday in Ocean City, MD they got caught unaware with 15' waves.
Nearest beach to me is the seafront here in Bugibba,(a 5 minute walk from my house), though it is mostly rocky, there is a small beach... Temperature here today reached a high of 32.6C & the sea temperature is 26C...
The nearest proper sandy beach is a couple of miles away in Mellieha...
Air temperature at the moment is about 27C or 80F. Water temperatures are around 25C or mid-70s in F. This is right about normal for this time of year here.
There are also dozens of beaches bigger than these in the hills and forests all around the city.
The closest ocean beach to us is Old Orchard Beach in Maine on the U.S. east coast.
It's a nice area but water temperatures there tend to be a bit cooler. It's about 17C for the water today and 25C for the air temperature.
In order to get warmer ocean water you have to go further south towards New Jersey, or (surprisingly) further north to places like Shediac, New Brunswick or Cavendish, Prince Edward Island in Canada's Maritimes where there are warm currents that keep the water fairly consistently between 20-25C during the summer.
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