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What did I make up? That 70 degree water will kill you within 4 hours over 50% of the time? I'm sorry my dear Sav, that's from my link and is science based.
What did I make up? That 70 degree water will kill you within 4 hours over 50% of the time? I'm sorry my dear Sav, that's from my link and is science based.
That 70 degree won't be comfortable in the first 10 minutes. You haven't provided a single link that states that.
Water Temperature Safety Guide
Below 77F (25C)
Breathing begins to be affected.
This is why the official water temperature required for Olympic swimming competition is 77-82F (25-28C).
70-60F (21-5C) Dangerous
Controlling your breathing and holding your breath becomes progressively more difficult as water temperature falls toward 60F (21C).
Oh but listen to Sav, it's "comfortable", "many people do it", just listen to him.
Well according to that link 85 degree water feels "cool rather than warm". So you think 85 is "cool"? Pretty sure you've said quite the opposite this entire time.
Well according to that link 85 degree water feels "cool rather than warm". So you think 85 is "cool"? Pretty sure you've said quite the opposite this entire time.
Yes, 85 is 'cool' to enter but you adjust very quickly. Nothing surprising about that. I said water above 90 is too warm for me. I love water from 80-85 because I like it to feel 'refreshing' not to be in a bath-tub.
But to feel refreshing, it needs to bite when you enter.
Well if you ever to go San Diego again in the summer make sure you head to the beach with a whistle and let everyone know to get out of the water ASAP before hypothermia sets in.....
Well if you ever to go San Diego again in the summer make sure you head to the beach with a whistle and let everyone know to get out of the water ASAP before hypothermia sets in.....
I don't need to do that since we both know people spend a vanishingly small time in the water in San Diego. My parents won't even enter, it's too cold for them year-round. Some younger people, who enter without wet-suits, do so to feel some waves and then they exit.
All I know is that I've been swimming in the puget sound and surrounding lakes which never even reach 70 and I'm still alive and healthy. And it wasn't for a couple mins, it would be for 20-40 mins and then I would go back in the water again. Yes I will agree it's not ideal and not the most comfortable thing, but you can enjoy yourself, you just have to condition your body to it. East coasters probably will never understand because they have been spoiled by warm water, but if cold is all you have ever known, it's not that bad. It would be like saying 60 degree weather is cold and you need to to wear a coat. Yes, but if you just got out of winter and the sun is shining then 60 degrees actually feels pretty warm even in a t-shirt, so long as the wind isn't blowing. For me I only find the water tolerable if the air is 77 or above. The water it's self won't be warmer by much, even if it's 90 degrees the puget sound at certain pockets might reach 65 but that's pushing it. So for me it's more about the air and how strong the sun is, rather than the water. The puget sound in summer is on avg 55. But yes if I were going on vacation and the water was colder than 70 I would be pretty disappointed, but I don't think the water has to be 84, that might be even too warm, it would be great for relaxing, but for physical activities, plus the hot air, it just doesn't seem much of an escape from the heat.
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