The Open-Water Temperature Thread - Page 94

Wildswimmer · 05-07-2012, 08:36 PM

North Sea, Aberdeen, incoming tide, 5th July '12: 13.5C

Wildswimmer Pete

Wildswimmer · 22-07-2012, 10:09 PM

R. Weaver, Frodsham, Cheshire, 22nd July '12: 18C

Water temp is still a bit low for the time of the year - should be 20 - 21C. Water is only slightly turbid, while the current is very sluggish.

Wildswimmer Pete

Brick · 22-07-2012, 10:23 PM

King Lear's Lake, Saturday morning. 17.2C.

I thought I'd gotten less used to cool water, but 17.2 seemed absolutely fine.

Wildswimmer · 08-08-2012, 01:03 PM

Hatchmere, Delamere Forest, Cheshire 7th Aug '12: 20C

Wildswimmer Pete

Brick · 09-08-2012, 11:06 AM

20C yesterday at King Lear's too. Colder in the shadows, warmer in the sun. A nice swim.

Wildswimmer · 09-08-2012, 07:11 PM

R. Weaver, Frodsham 9th Aug '12: 21C

Wildswimmer Pete

Wildswimmer · 16-08-2012, 06:08 PM

R. Weaver, Frodsham 16th Aug '12: 21C

Wildswimmer Pete

Leprechaun · 20-08-2012, 09:27 PM

New York City Ederle Swim 18th August:

Battery Park, Manhattan (start of swim) 23C @10:00am

Sandy Hook NJ (end of swim) 26C @ @15:30pm

Brick · 20-08-2012, 11:29 PM

Two sea swims over the past two weeks with similar official temperatures, but very different perceived temperatures. At Scarborough last weekend, the official temperature was 15C, but the lifeguard who told me this said that she'd been in and said it felt colder. I found it quite cold and my face and head never acclimatised. Today I swam at Brighton. Official sea temperature was 16.4C, but it felt comfortably warm. I was wearing a "Reed Chillcheater" balaclava, but the water felt very much warmer. I wonder if this is due to inaccurate official temperatures, or just my body reacting differently at different times.

missjackiechan · 24-08-2012, 05:21 PM

Scarborough is rarely 15c, last summer it got to a max of 13/14 after a sunny spell.

I have lots of temperatures I've swam in so I wont list them all, I'll just go from both ends - 8c in the river at Wetherby (April) to 24c in the Ionian Greece (July), probably swam at most temperatures in between these two at various spots around the U.K!

Wildswimmer · 26-08-2012, 08:09 PM

R. Weaver, Frodsham, 28th Aug '12: 20C

Wildswimmer Pete

Wildswimmer · 15-09-2012, 06:11 PM

R. Weaver, Frodsham, 15th Sept '12: 17C

Wildswimmer Pete

Dave_G · 17-09-2012, 02:18 PM

Looks like the temperatures are beginning to drop now, after our 'wonderful summer'.

Brick · 17-09-2012, 06:33 PM

I've been away for a bit.

Temperature at King Lear's lake stayed up about 17C or so for a long while. But last Saturday it was 15C.

There have been worse summers in the last few years.

Wildswimmer · 27-09-2012, 06:13 PM

R.Thames, Runnymede (Old Windsor), 27th Sept. '12: 13C

Water clear but brisk current, several miles further upstream the river was described as needing caution when navigating.

Wildswimmer Pete

05-07-2012, 08:36 PM	#1396
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	North Sea, Aberdeen, incoming tide, 5th July '12: 13.5C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

22-07-2012, 10:09 PM	#1397
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R. Weaver, Frodsham, Cheshire, 22nd July '12: 18C Water temp is still a bit low for the time of the year - should be 20 - 21C. Water is only slightly turbid, while the current is very sluggish. Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

22-07-2012, 10:23 PM	#1398
Brick Can't swim and chew gum at the same time Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 3,426	King Lear's Lake, Saturday morning. 17.2C. I thought I'd gotten less used to cool water, but 17.2 seemed absolutely fine. __________________ BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN -- Arthur Ransome

08-08-2012, 01:03 PM	#1399
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	Hatchmere, Delamere Forest, Cheshire 7th Aug '12: 20C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

09-08-2012, 11:06 AM	#1400
Brick Can't swim and chew gum at the same time Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 3,426	20C yesterday at King Lear's too. Colder in the shadows, warmer in the sun. A nice swim. __________________ BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN -- Arthur Ransome

09-08-2012, 07:11 PM	#1401
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R. Weaver, Frodsham 9th Aug '12: 21C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

16-08-2012, 06:08 PM	#1402
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R. Weaver, Frodsham 16th Aug '12: 21C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

20-08-2012, 09:27 PM	#1403
Leprechaun Open Water Eejit and secret wildswimmer Join Date: May 2004 Location: Exiled in Guildford Posts: 4,847	New York City Ederle Swim 18th August: Battery Park, Manhattan (start of swim) 23C @10:00am Sandy Hook NJ (end of swim) 26C @ @15:30pm __________________ "One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour" [Oscar Wilde]

20-08-2012, 11:29 PM	#1404
Brick Can't swim and chew gum at the same time Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 3,426	Two sea swims over the past two weeks with similar official temperatures, but very different perceived temperatures. At Scarborough last weekend, the official temperature was 15C, but the lifeguard who told me this said that she'd been in and said it felt colder. I found it quite cold and my face and head never acclimatised. Today I swam at Brighton. Official sea temperature was 16.4C, but it felt comfortably warm. I was wearing a "Reed Chillcheater" balaclava, but the water felt very much warmer. I wonder if this is due to inaccurate official temperatures, or just my body reacting differently at different times. __________________ BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN -- Arthur Ransome

24-08-2012, 05:21 PM	#1405
missjackiechan Greekophile mermaid Join Date: May 2007 Location: Up North Posts: 3,412	Scarborough is rarely 15c, last summer it got to a max of 13/14 after a sunny spell. I have lots of temperatures I've swam in so I wont list them all, I'll just go from both ends - 8c in the river at Wetherby (April) to 24c in the Ionian Greece (July), probably swam at most temperatures in between these two at various spots around the U.K! __________________ Continue Odysseus' epic journey...25k, 12 Islands, 7 Days, 1 unforgettable experience. Summer 2013. The Ionian, Greece. www.thebigblueswim.com

26-08-2012, 08:09 PM	#1406
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R. Weaver, Frodsham, 28th Aug '12: 20C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

15-09-2012, 06:11 PM	#1407
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R. Weaver, Frodsham, 15th Sept '12: 17C Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

17-09-2012, 02:18 PM	#1408
Dave_G I must go wild swimming again soon. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hillmorton, Rugby, England Posts: 2,496	Looks like the temperatures are beginning to drop now, after our 'wonderful summer'.

17-09-2012, 06:33 PM	#1409
Brick Can't swim and chew gum at the same time Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 3,426	I've been away for a bit. Temperature at King Lear's lake stayed up about 17C or so for a long while. But last Saturday it was 15C. There have been worse summers in the last few years. __________________ BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN -- Arthur Ransome

27-09-2012, 06:13 PM	#1410
Wildswimmer Ice Warrior Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, near Liverpool: 2008 Capital of Culture. Posts: 6,219	R.Thames, Runnymede (Old Windsor), 27th Sept. '12: 13C Water clear but brisk current, several miles further upstream the river was described as needing caution when navigating. Wildswimmer Pete __________________ Tethered to the stern of the cruiser of life, swimming hard against the tide of time while wistfully looking back http://www.riveraccessforall.co.uk/

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