Global sea temps in August. Brighton versun the Med. and the Black Sea.

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amiga500

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#239794 4-Aug-2018 11:55

No wonder that so many Brits. head to a beach not in Britain. On the global sea temperatures website today Brighton had a temp of 17 degrees c. Most of the Black Sea had temperatures between 26 to 27 degrees. Most of the Mediterranean a degree or two warmer at 27 to 28 degrees - Spain, South of France, Italy etc.

Fred99

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#2067974 4-Aug-2018 13:56

Some of those areas are showing sea surface temperatures way above normal.

In the Baltic for example - a massive 7 or 8 degrees above average, South of France 4 or 5 degrees above average.

Sweden is having a heatwave.

Bodies of water not being constantly replenished by oceanic currents seem most affected.

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#2067979 4-Aug-2018 14:16

I vert rarely went in the sea without a wetsuit when I lived in the UK. Another great thing about living in northern NZ, the sea is swimmable half the year

amiga500

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#2068074 4-Aug-2018 19:00

shk292:

I vert rarely went in the sea without a wetsuit when I lived in the UK. Another great thing about living in northern NZ, the sea is swimmable half the year

And there used to be a surf school at New Brighton in Christchurch. Even mid-summer with wetsuits, you'd see the people come out of the water shivering & so cold they could hardly get the suits off.

Mark

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#2068086 4-Aug-2018 19:38

Weaklings! This is where we used to go

https://goo.gl/maps/gBQTtZA24z82

:-)

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#2068858 6-Aug-2018 16:37

Updated: Mallorca 28.7, parts of the Black Sea closer to 27 than 26. No wonder the crews of Royal Navy ships welcomed a tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea after protecting convoys to Russia.