Is the beach water warm in Naples?

[Kansoku]

Originally Posted by cicilyb

the Gulf water is ALWAYS warmer that the Atlantic side. A couple of years ago were staying up in Amelia Island in N East Florida and the Atlantic was chilly in July...and very rough.

But that's North Florida which is outside the scope of tropical area.

[Beth Mone`]

I'll refer you to my other post in this thread. What you're forgetting is the Gulf Stream. That's a warm water current. Here's a thermal map of it. As mentioned in an earlier post, it mitigates the coastal environment.


Here's a statistical graph of the Ocean temperature in Miami

Notice their water temp stays warmer than the W coast in the Winter and cooler in the Summer. Our variation is between 58 and 89 on the W coast.

Hope this helps you

Beth

[earlyretiree]

Originally Posted by Kansoku

That's the question.

Naples and south from there along the West coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay has the warmest water you can find in the US. It is a beautiful area - everything is new, clean and has a lot of unspoiled areas (Everglades and 10,000 Islands area). Beautiful white sand beaches.