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[NJ Brazen_3133]

Originally Posted by dcb175

You’re confusing air and ocean temps. East Coast water temps are MUCH warmer in the summer months than the west coast for similar latitudes. By August, water off of Cape Cod is similar in temps to Santa Monica, which is obviously much further south. Water off of San Francisco (and north) is nearly unswimmable regardless of season.

Originally Posted by BigCity76

^ This. NJ Brazen is wrong. This is a well known fact.

You telling me Air temp, especially along the coasts, is not affected by the water?

Then what is with all that Gulf Stream affecting Europe and keeping it mild inspite of being at same latitude as Edmonton. Must be nonsense then.

[TacoSoup]

Originally Posted by BigCity76

@TacoSoup - Not to rehash this but since we're on the topic of beaches just wanted to mention that water temps at NJ beaches this week were recorded at 74 and 75 degrees. Only mid-July. A month from now the water temps here should be 75+. I think it's safe to say NJ, and LI beaches to a lesser degree, have warmer water temps on average than any Cali beaches in the summer months.

Been waiting until the middle of July to comment I see? I commented to you on a different thread at the official beginning of summer nearly a month ago to mention how San Diego was much warmer still. Anyways, the water temp is 72° in San Diego right now, the same as Long Island. Oh yeah, the waves are anywhere from 4-8’ right now on our coast too.

[dcb175]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

You telling me Air temp, especially along the coasts, is not affected by the water?

Then what is with all that Gulf Stream affecting Europe and keeping it mild inspite of being at same latitude as Edmonton. Must be nonsense then.

Not sure what you're getting at here, or how this has to do with water temperature. But regardless:

1. Air Temps are most definitely impacted by water temps. It's one of the reasons why the West Coast is warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer than the East Coast - put simply, winds blowing west to east will keep west coasts across the world more temperate than east coasts.
2. The water on the West Coast is of course warmer than the East Cost in the middle of Winter, when nobody on either coast is at the beach
3. The gulf stream does not impact the west coast, it is a North Atlantic current only
4. Today's ocean temperatures: Chatham, MA = 68 degrees; Santa Monica, CA = 65 degree; The water temps in Chatham will keep increasing through September, while the water temperature in Santa Monica will not. Heck, water temps off of the southern Jersey Shore will be a full 10 degrees warmer than Southern California

Anyway, too much digression here on my part, but I'll wrap up by saying that in the months that people actually go to the beach, water temperatures on the East Coast are MUCH warmer than the West Coast. Your original point was that the West Coast water was warmer, which it is not.

Cheers.