Water Temp in California

Post by **joe** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:25 pm

La Jolla Water Temp 75° - 77° F

KAVA · Post by **KAVA** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:32 pm

when do the fish start dieing (ie oregon wash)

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:31 pm

Over 70 =no good for kelp or Urchins. 74 yesterday in Oxnard .today about 70.I heard it's the warmest water in San Diego since the thirties. Iv'e been surfing and bodysurfing everyday in trunks for a while now.

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:35 pm

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:52 am

Spent a week on Catalina and swam 3x a day plus snorkeled. Water temp ranged from 72F to a high point of 76.8.

Unfortunately, didn't make it to the back side for a surf but am heading backing down this week and am packing the KB.

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:00 pm

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:43 pm

I surfed Rosarito Beach sat the 29th early am. 3 of us out couple feet overhead on the sets, 1 guy was skinning it, the other in a spring suit, and me in my 4/3. I was so hot that at one point I was sure I was gonna puke. Very rare to get that warm in No. Baja

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:22 pm

Ok, I'll bite.Why did you wear a 4/3 in very warm water?

DarcyM · Post by **DarcyM** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:27 pm

you should always take a full suit to baja, no matter the season. The water temp can be 70 in La Jolla and 60 or less in rosarito. Last time I was there I only had a spring suit, and Gove was ready to laugh me out of the water, except the water temp was probably 68 ...

I got lucky.

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:36 am

My first trip to Baja (1972) we almost didn't take our wetsuits (it was Mexico after all). but my Boy Scout training ("Be Prepared") paid off and we took the suits. Glad we did.

First stop was Quarto Casas witha water temp in the low 60's. Spent 2 weeks surfing that stretch of coastline and needed the wetsuit every day.

The next year we beat it further south and found more temperate temps (and killer waves) where a wet suit wasn't needed. Too bad the Mexican gov't. paved the road all the way down to the tip......

KAVA · Post by **KAVA** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:12 am

ahhh! the good ol days of dirt roads, cold currents and self justice heh heh then there were the banditos they were having problems with for a while too

quatro casas , ship wrecks, santo thomas, the list goes on and on...

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:33 am

Yeah, the good old days..being held at gun point by the Federales and the sound of automatic weapons inland as the Federales cleared out the banditos for the American tourists in their recreational vehicles.........

But then there were the uncrowded waves, stash boxes buried at various fence posts with an assortment of mind-altering goodies, 5+ pound lobsters bought from local fishermen for $1 each or trading old skin diving and fishing gear with the fishermen for lobsters/fish (I usually took tins of new hooks that were inexpensive in the US but were worth threir weight in gold in Baja).

Well, I'm going to have a bowl of last night's gumbo and then hit the surf ( a certain right handed barrel that was made famous in a golden Surfer poster was firing yesterday).

Hope the fog keeps the tourists at bay.

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:47 am

Water temp very pleasant at Sewer Peak.....but then, with constant 4-5 foot peelers, there wasn't much time to sit around and chill down.

And since I left my churchills on Catalina I had to pull out a pair of my Duck Feet. Yahoo! I had forgottne about the great power/thrust.

Jon - you where there but you didn't come out. Too much fun with the old crew. See you when I get back from Down South.

kidrock · Post by **kidrock** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:48 am

I'm sure all of us old-timers could share Baja stories for the next 30 years

But I'm curious...if the temps are running in the mid-70's in most of SD, what are the temps at Coronado? And has there been any swell there this summer?

Not that I would want anyone to give away any "State Secrets"...

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:18 pm

The cat(fish) is out of the bag. The Weather Channel's hurricane expert (a surfing PhD) was expounding on the water temp being 10 degrees warmer than normal, making for great surfing and fishing because warmer water species (tuna family) are showing up in nearshore SoCal.

All this warm water is giving me a Baja jones. I usually wait until secondary schools and college are back in session - hopefully to cut down on some of the crowds.