DL Area Beaches

[GrandBob]

Water temperature -- I just looked up the historical data from the National Data Buoy Center for the buoy off Huntington Beach, which is the closest buoy they have to Newport. That buoy is no longer there, but I looked at the data for 2006.

The water temperature varied from a low of 11 deg C (52 deg F, brrr) in the Feb-Mar time frame, to briefly hitting a high of 23 deg C (73 deg F) for a week or so in late July. But for most of the summer (that year, which may or may not be typical) it was around 20 deg C (68 deg F).

Yes, you can swim in 70 degree water, and a lot of kids will. But most adults will find that to be past "refreshing".

Of course, that buoy was a couple of miles offshore. It's probably a little warmer near the beach.

HTH,
Bob

 

[pixarmom]

Water temperature -- I just looked up the historical data from the National Data Buoy Center for the buoy off Huntington Beach, which is the closest buoy they have to Newport. That buoy is no longer there, but I looked at the data for 2006.

The water temperature varied from a low of 11 deg C (52 deg F, brrr) in the Feb-Mar time frame, to briefly hitting a high of 23 deg C (73 deg F) for a week or so in late July. But for most of the summer (that year, which may or may not be typical) it was around 20 deg C (68 deg F).

Yes, you can swim in 70 degree water, and a lot of kids will. But most adults will find that to be past "refreshing".

Of course, that buoy was a couple of miles offshore. It's probably a little warmer near the beach.

HTH,
Bob

Just wanted to comment on the swimming at Newport - it's really not just the kids!! Beachgoers of all ages are in the water during the summer. My parents have been swimming and boogie boarding there since 1965 (when they used rafts to boogie board!), and they still do! Over the past few summers, our kids have worn rash guard shirts with their swimsuits for protection against sun and tummy rashes from boogie boards. If anyone is concerned about the temps, those rash guards help.

 

[MagicalMomAZ]

Water temperature -- I just looked up the historical data from the National Data Buoy Center for the buoy off Huntington Beach, which is the closest buoy they have to Newport. That buoy is no longer there, but I looked at the data for 2006.

The water temperature varied from a low of 11 deg C (52 deg F, brrr) in the Feb-Mar time frame, to briefly hitting a high of 23 deg C (73 deg F) for a week or so in late July. But for most of the summer (that year, which may or may not be typical) it was around 20 deg C (68 deg F).

Yes, you can swim in 70 degree water, and a lot of kids will. But most adults will find that to be past "refreshing".

Of course, that buoy was a couple of miles offshore. It's probably a little warmer near the beach.

HTH,
Bob

Had to laugh at this because being born & bred in AZ...70 degrees is freezing!! My DH & DD boogie board in that water but I just wade in when the sand & sun get too warm, keep in mind last time I was at the beach was in July..not January.

My DS, another Bob...parks his 5 yo butt in the sand & refuses to go too far in because "it's too cold & it steals my trunks!"

And to the Oregon Coast poster...we were there in '08 (Lincoln City, Newport Bay) & no WAY I was going to the beach in a swimsuit. We were in sweatshirts...in July!

So.....that being said....Cold Is Relative.