diving this weekend, north shore/NH/ME?

[spectrum]

Being a southern lad,,,,are these typical water temps for that area at this time of year,,,,we in the south because of the very mild winter are running several degrees warmer with water temps. than normal...??

No, actually it was unseasonably warm.

Air temp at the end was 50F ish, should be barely 30F. Of course the sun is noticably stronger being more than a month past the solstice.

The for 40F water should be averaging 34 for the month
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
The temps shown are down at .6 meters in general. In the winter there is very little thermocline. In the summertime you can easilly find a much bigger swing with depth.

This Buoy is most representative of my local conditions:
http://www.gomoos.org/oceanconditions/indiv_buoydata.shtml?map_id=ocean&buoy_id=C0208#

Here in Maine we are having a near record warm January.

Pete

 

[cecilb63]

6 of us including cecilb63 had a pair of nice dives at 2 Lights in Cape Elizabeth. Actually for dive 2 it was myself cecilb63 and another diver. Vis was 15-20 by my guess nothing spectacular but enough for us to take space and keep each other in sight. Saw a few lobsters, crabs and the like. We had one wet diver and after her 42 minute dive just had chilly fingers. By the end of dive 2 it was T-shirt weather, seas were flat as far as we could see, simply great. Water was 40F+/-1.

I met 2 new divers including cecilb63 so that's a great day in my book.

For a January dive it was beyond my wildest dreams. I was thinking of diving somewhere tomorrow but I'm going to just savor today for a week and hope for the best next weekend!

Nice meeting you Cecilb63 !

Pete

Same to you Pete! That was a nice group Saturday. I had a great time. Thanks for offering the invitation. Really enjoyed it! I look forward to the chance of diving with you guys again. I'm game anytime!

 

[texdiveguy]

No, actually it was unseasonably warm.

Air temp at the end was 50F ish, should be barely 30F. Of course the sun is noticably stronger being more than a month past the solstice.

The for 40F water should be averaging 34 for the month
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
The temps shown are down at .6 meters in general. In the winter there is very little thermocline. In the summertime you can easilly find a much bigger swing with depth.

This Buoy is most representative of my local conditions:
http://www.gomoos.org/oceanconditions/indiv_buoydata.shtml?map_id=ocean&buoy_id=C0208#

Here in Maine we are having a near record warm January.

Pete

Yep our 'winter' has been really warm/hot and dry. I dove a local pond in Ok. yesterday with air temps in the 70's and water temps at only 47f.