Whats the water like?

fryup

Has anyone been for a swim yet this summer? (ahem!)

Sea, lake or river whats it like cold/bearable?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I haven't been in the sea since 2009, in San Diego. It was warm then

OldMrBrennan83

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Wanderer78

Was in the ocean few weeks ago, Feckin freezing, and that was with a shorty on!

Winterlong

Is the sea water in ireland ever nice?
"Bracing" is the most polite term.

Canis Lupus

I'm about to go for a swim.

I'm in Spain though..

Alf Stewart.

Its a bluey colour, wet, and cold.

antodeco

Did you know that the sea is warmer in winter than it is in summer. It absorbs all the best over the summer to be warmer late in the year, then as it loses its heat, it's cooler for the following season.

carolmon

On Friday I went for my first swim this summer at the 40 foot.........freezing.....but felt great once you got the feeling back into you, just keep moving and you'll be grand

Mint Sauce

Been in the water several times here in Sligo over the last 7 or 8 weeks. Although I do wear a full Swim/Tri wetsuit.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It's freezing still.

Slydice

I can't be the only one who heard the voice of the Elephant while reading the title o_0

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Its full of inorganic compounds :eek:.

Shenshen

I've been going regularly since March. It's a good bit warmer now than it was then

I actually like it that way, though - always hated swimming in warm water. Warm water is what you have a bath in, not a swim.

monkeysnapper

I brought my 2 kids to the sea 2 weeks ago, put wet suits on them , had great time , it was pretty cold .

Changed them straight away , dry clothes .

Next day both were sick with bad colds . wife told me that's last time I do that . doh!!!!

longshanks

I've been swimming in the sea here since May. The first few were cold. That's without a wetsuit, can be in all year round with the wetsuit.

Samaris

antodeco wrote: »

Did you know that the sea is warmer in winter than it is in summer. It absorbs all the best over the summer to be warmer late in the year, then as it loses its heat, it's cooler for the following season.

Weeell, yes, but that only really holds true for Autumn and Spring. Summer and Winter tend to be rather more as you'd expect . Salt water just takes longer to adapt to temperature changes than the air and land does.

Story Bud?

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I brought my 2 kids to the sea 2 weeks ago, put wet suits on them , had great time , it was pretty cold .

Changed them straight away , dry clothes .

Next day both were sick with bad colds . wife told me that's last time I do that . doh!!!!

That was unlikely to be from swimming in the sea.

It takes up to 3 days after being infected, for symptoms of a cold to show, so your kids would have gotten those colds whether they swam or not.

Also a cold is an infection, while its believed the cold virus can thrive when your body temp/immune system is lowered, you can't just catch a virus from being cold!

Bring the kids swimming again, it's good for them