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According to environment Canada, the all-time record high for Vancouver is only 33 degrees. Hot, yes, but how often does it get above 30, anyways, if that's the all-time record high? In Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec that's only slightly hotter than what would still be a fairly normal summer day. Vancouver Island is even worse. The average high in the hottest month in places like Tofino is less than 20 degrees. Days that are hot enough to wear trunks or a bikini on the beach must be few and far between, and the water must be really cold either way. Sure, Canada has a lot of ocean beaches, but how many beaches on the ocean are swimmable and sunny for more than a short period of summer at best?
Tofino and the westcoast of Vancouver Island are not know as swimming beaches, but surfing ( with a wetsuit) type of beach.
Temperatures in Vancouver are taken at the airport. Downtown temperatures and the downtown beaches can be warmer. Inland much warmer with lakeside beaches being the warmest.
That said, if you are sunning on a windless beach and it's 30C, you fry.
According to environment Canada, the all-time record high for Vancouver is only 33 degrees. Hot, yes, but how often does it get above 30, anyways, if that's the all-time record high? In Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec that's only slightly hotter than what would still be a fairly normal summer day. Vancouver Island is even worse. The average high in the hottest month in places like Tofino is less than 20 degrees. Days that are hot enough to wear trunks or a bikini on the beach must be few and far between, and the water must be really cold either way. Sure, Canada has a lot of ocean beaches, but how many beaches on the ocean are swimmable and sunny for more than a short period of summer at best?
I'm not sure what you're actually trying to show, we all know we're not in the Caribbean.
The water in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in PEI and NB is warmer than anywhere on the East Coast north of Atlantic City, NJ. It's obviously not Varadero or Cancun.
Tofino and the westcoast of Vancouver Island are not know as swimming beaches, but surfing ( with a wetsuit) type of beach.
Temperatures in Vancouver are taken at the airport. Downtown temperatures and the downtown beaches can be warmer. Inland much warmer with lakeside beaches being the warmest.
That said, if you are sunning on a windless beach and it's 30C, you fry.
I'm not trying to start an argument. Sorry if it appears that way. The climate data that I looked at was for the station at Canada Place in Vancouver.
Based on the climate data that I read, the West Coast is certainly drier than Southern Ontario during the summer, but the temperatures are generally cooler. I'm not good at guessing temperatures, but 22 or so degrees doesn't seem hot enough to me to swim at a beach. I could be wrong. I suppose it's the sun that really makes you feel warm at the beach versus the temperatures themselves.
Someone posted that the Strait of Northumberland has the warmest water on the East Coast of Canada, what about for the West Coast? Are there any popular beaches for swimming, on the Pacific, North of the 49th?
I'm not trying to start an argument. Sorry if it appears that way. The climate data that I looked at was for the station at Canada Place in Vancouver.
Based on the climate data that I read, the West Coast is certainly drier than Southern Ontario during the summer, but the temperatures are generally cooler. I'm not good at guessing temperatures, but 22 or so degrees doesn't seem hot enough to me to swim at a beach. I could be wrong. I suppose it's the sun that really makes you feel warm at the beach versus the temperatures themselves.
Someone posted that the Strait of Northumberland has the warmest water on the East Coast of Canada, what about for the West Coast? Are there any popular beaches for swimming, on the Pacific, North of the 49th?
I didn't think you were trying to start an argument. Simply put, Vancouver and area in the summer is plenty warm enough to go to the beach and swim. Thousands do.
Sometimes by the end of August the ocean temperature is 20 C. Albeit that's a short window, but you see people swimming in the ocean from June to September.
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I'm taking a sabbatical next summer in 2015 and heading up to New England. While I'm up there I was thinking of heading into Atlantic Canada anywhere between 6-10 days. I'm already totally sold on Prince Edward Island and I'm definitely spending at least three days there.
I'm taking a sabbatical next summer in 2015 and heading up to New England. While I'm up there I was thinking of heading into Atlantic Canada anywhere between 6-10 days. I'm already totally sold on Prince Edward Island and I'm definitely spending at least three days there.
I am from the Maritimes originally, but now live in BC, so I can can't comment on Ont. or lakes beaches, but as far as Pacific vs Atlantic, I much prefer the beaches in the Maritimes.
I have been to some beautiful beaches on Vancouver Island. Tofino is gorgeous.. I find the beaches in BC to be quite rugged and the water quite cold. I can only handle a dip if it's very hot.
I have been to beaches in NB, NS and PEI. The water in NB is quite warm, especially in Shediac area. I can comfortably swim in the summer months. I don't like Parlee Beach as much as Aboiteau (sandy beach) as Parlee Beach is too touristy and busy, but most of the beaches around are beautiful east coast, sandy beaches with sand dunes. There are no rocks and the water is clear.
I have been to many beaches in the Caribbean, and in my personal opinion, he most beautiful beach I've ever been to is Basin Head beach in PEI. It's beautiful. The water is a little chillier than Shediac in NB, but it's truly a stunning beach. The sand squeaks when you walk on it. It is more touristy than it used to be, so locals don't go there as much anymore, but it's still a gem in my opinion.
Some of the islands around the Maritimes are stunning with few people living there year-round. Iles de la Madeleine between NB, NF and Quebec, also the Gaspe Peninsula especially Perce Rock and the area.
Then there's Campobello Island between NB and Maine (Franklin Roosevelt had his summer home there for many years; it's a museum today), and Grand Manan.
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I have been to beaches in NB, NS and PEI. The water in NB is quite warm, especially in Shediac area. I can comfortably swim in the summer months. I don't like Parlee Beach as much as Aboiteau (sandy beach) as Parlee Beach is too touristy and busy, but most of the beaches around are beautiful east coast, sandy beaches with sand dunes. There are no rocks and the water is clear.
I have been to many beaches in the Caribbean, and in my personal opinion, he most beautiful beach I've ever been to is Basin Head beach in PEI. It's beautiful. The water is a little chillier than Shediac in NB, but it's truly a stunning beach. The sand squeaks when you walk on it. It is more touristy than it used to be, so locals don't go there as much anymore, but it's still a gem in my opinion.
What is the range of shoreline that sustains warmer temperatures (above 60) that are good for swimming? I heard Bay of Fundy is freezing, I located Shediac on the map and I've heard the beaches on the straight between NB and PEI are warmer ad swimmable. How about Kouchibouguac National Park? Are the beaches there swimmable there?
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