can you swim in Miami beach on winter

[taemo]

stupid question but I was wondering how's the water in South Florida, Miami specifically during our winter?

I'm thinking of going there early/mid February, don't really want to go to Mexico or Caribbean and I wan't to explore Florida/Miami.

Can we still swim on the beach on that month?

[President Obama]

I'd say so based on this chart.

http://weather.yahoo.com/climo/USFL0316_f.html

http://goflorida.about.com/od/allaboutflorida/a/february.htm

This link says the water ranges from 50-60f. I would say that would be okay to swim in

[Tik-Tok]

The locals will look at you like you're nuts, but it's swimmable for us.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by President Obama


This link says the water ranges from 50-60f. I would say that would be okay to swim in

my god... thats like Alberta lake temperature may long weekend... fuuuck that shit haha

case and point...


A water temperature of 10 °C (50 °F) often leads to death in one hour, and water temperatures hovering at freezing can lead to death in as little as 15 minutes.[31] Water at a temperature of 26 °C (79 °F) will, after prolonged exposure, lead to hypothermia.[32]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia

[AndyL]

You can spot the canadians in florida - a mile away...

Shorts and swimsuits, playing in the water... Meanwhile the locals are dressed up like they belong in Calgary/Fargo... Winter coats, hats, mitts and the works... It's pretty amusing... At least that was my experience about a decade back when we visited over xmas...

[taemo]

^ haha that's what I keep reading on, basically you can tell if you are a tourist when you are swimming in florida water in winter.

hmm.. maybe we'll just go to mexico then and save florida for summer next year.

[President Obama]

go to Florida and take a 2-3 day cruise to Mexico?

[Jason Lange]

I walked on winter here once.

[dirtsniffer]

^^ lol

[dennisaur]

We were in Miami over Christmas last year and saw people at night wearing fairly thick jackets, saw some with a scarf, and even saw chicks wearing those fuzzy earmuffs LOL we were in shorts the whole time

[taemo]

Originally posted by President Obama
go to Florida and take a 2-3 day cruise to Mexico?

was thinking about that.. it's a possibility if there are not a lot of things to do in Miami in February

[Gorilla]

I was there last november, and I swear it was colder there than it was in Calgary. The wind from the ocean is lethal. Even locals were like WTF

[RX_EVOLV]

I was there two Dec ago for a few days before boarding on a New Year cruise. The water was on the colder side and very few ppl were swimming in it.