This has been a harsh Winter in the US for many parts of the country. Near record snowfall and temps.
In New England, it’s been cold enough to cause the open ocean water to begin freezing. Coves, ponds, harbors and other protected bodies of water freeze pretty often. But, it is rare to see ice and slush on exposed stretches that face open water.
Here’s what that looks like.
Why, it’s so cold where I come from the people have to live in other places.
Seriously, though, it has been very cold in FL. I friend sent some pictures of surf near Boston. Frozen slush. Crazy.
All the best
Sorry to say, considering what you guys are going through, but we’re having the warmest winter on record over here (CA). Water has stayed warm, too … so far.
Nope nice and warm here.
I thought global warming meant wetsuit companies going out of business.
Never put on booties so far this winter here. (CA.)
Summers coming!
Yew!
Yep cold today 75/76 degrees on the inside but then 80 on the outside almost thought about a wesuit but I do not have one…
11 degrees F, -12 degrees C here this morning in the Midwest.
Shot from the local surf cam I grabbed before my last session on Sunday. Water was 31* and air about the same. Waves were fun though.
The water temps in parts of the Northeast are hovering around 28-29. Air temps have been in the teens and single digits during some folks’ sessions. I often see people marvelling at the idea that folks surf the Great Lakes in cold weather. Well, they cannot surf at all once the water hits 32 because that’s when fresh water freezes. People in New England and Nova Scotia surf in temperatures that are even lower.
Here’s a recent pic from Nova Scotia
Wow - I thought it was cold where I live - 42 F (6 deg C) in water. Surfing’s ok if you keep moving. Stay still for a minute, you start to get cold and stiffen up.
In cali ots been nice. Like barry said, no booties yet.
Im on Jersey this week and its freezing! …
Will be paddeling out mid week. Air temp about 25 water is about 31.
I have soo much rubber its stupid. My buddy says im still gonna freeze haha
What people don’t realize is that global warming ends with an Ice Age. As the glaciers melt the fresh water content in the oceans change the way the currents flow. There are also big changes in the land with all the weight removed from the surface and distributed in the oceans differently than when it was a large chunk of ice stuck in one general area. The earth’s axis of rotation has changed some and that most likely is adding to the cold air flow in the North Eastern US. We’re seeing and have been seeing changes in the weather here in Hawaii. I’ve been seeing the seasonal changes come in later and later. This year there was a very late off season typhoon in the Pacific. The west winds and swells we’ve had in January and February used to come in late October/November. The huge north shore waves have been going north of Hawaii, so we haven’t seen the Eddie sized swells like before. It’s also been cold at night here, but for me cold is probably what summer is like to some of you.
We’re losing beaches here on Oahu this year faster than in previous years. I’m thinking that the oceans have risen just enough to add to the high tide’s affect on beach erosion. When you live on an island or near the ocean, you notice these changes much more than if you live inland.
You can laugh and say that all this extremely cold weather means global warming is a joke, but these unusual weather patterns only prove what scientists have been trying to get us to understand. Sadly we don’t and maybe never will.
Hey SammyA. We had a few days around -20c with windchill to -35c. It warmed up to -10c today in NS and most of the slush and ice flows are moving on. Spring is just around the corner:)
Sammy, how long can you stay out in those conditions? Your face has to be totally numb and I have to think if you lose your car key you could die. Mike
Our piece of the Oregon coast has been nice all fall and winter.
Temps averaging 15 degrees above normal, under half the normal rainfall YTD, water temps hanging between 54-55.
Between the fine weather and abundance of good waves we’ve been scoring at the local, bagged a planned several week road trip down the coast, no place I would rather be when it’s like this…
It isn’t global warming any more. As of the last political cycle, it is “climate change.” You know, gotta keep all the bases covered.
I have been surrfering with Global Chilling, The other day I had to wear socks with my deck shoes and put on long pants. When will this deep freeze end?
Fun thread. Puts new meaning in the term “numb nuts”. There’s a touch of karma in there. Lowel
