The water in South Florida is unusually warm this year, with six record-high temperatures. The sea surface hit 98 degrees in some areas, when the average ocean temperature is around 86. Florida swimmers brave ocean waters that are record-setting hot:
The water temperature near Key Biscayne, a barrier island just east of Miami, had already passed 89 degrees Fahrenheit one morning this week. And though the ocean off South Florida was slightly cooler than the recent record highs that had stunned scientists and threatened marine life, it remained phenomenally hot.
So the undeterred regulars, people who savor being hot and abhor the cold, came out to enjoy themselves. Off the coast of neighboring Virginia Key, measurements from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that the water temperature peaked at 90.5 degrees on Monday, and the air temperature at 87.6 degrees. On Saturday, the water temperature at that location reached 92.5 degrees, a record.
The water was “really hot,” he said, “but only as soon as you go in. Once you walk 50 yards out, it feels cooler.”The couple moved three years ago to Key Biscayne, an affluent village of about 14,000, from California. “Here, you can literally swim for hours,” she said, though she conceded that the beach was more pleasant — “perfect,” in fact — during the mild South Florida winter, when the water temperature is more likely to be in the mid-70s.
Yet going for a quick swim still felt refreshing, with the occasional cool current swirling by and little fish darting by people’s feet.
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