"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
...
Around 7/27/2007 2:32 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:

On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/wam.html

That map explains why it is a little easier to swim up around the Gulf
Islands; looks like it might be a couple degrees warmer along the inside
of Vancouver Is., up by Ladysmith and Nanaimo.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

Vast shoaling areas in the Gulf Islands. And large tides make for lots of
warm sand to heat the incoming water. Went swimming at Parksville, BC 2
weeks ago. Water was warmer than San Diego surfing water on a very warm
day. But there is a mile of beach at low tide and 3' of beach at high tide.