I'm starting this thread as a way for people to check if there is going to be an open water swim at second beach in Middletown RI, any given day. We do these swims from June 15 to November 15, usually on Tues and Thurs. We also sometimes do an early morning swim on the weekend, from 1st beach to 2nd beach, around Easton's Point, about 1.9 miles. Starting in June I'll be posting the plans and the reports. I usually send out emails, but this won't require an email list, and anyone who is interested will be able to check. Who knows, maybe others who swim at 2nd beach and have access will chime in and organize their own swim dates using the forum!
Aloha
Mike.
I've been plotting the temperatures at Newport from the Naval Station National Ocean Service monitoring site, for the last 6 years. We are now in the warmup phase. The water temps change on a pretty regular basis, and they follow the same curve yearly as the sun's height at 41N, but lag by 53 days. The average Temperature at Newport year round is 55F. If you can stand 55F you get a six month open water season: May 13 - November 13.
2007 was the warmest Ocean temps in the last 6 years at Newport.
100 days and counting.
I've been plotting the temperatures at Newport from the Naval Station National Ocean Service monitoring site, for the last 6 years. We are now in the warmup phase. The water temps change on a pretty regular basis, and they follow the same curve yearly as the sun's height at 41N, but lag by 53 days. The average Temperature at Newport year round is 55F. If you can stand 55F you get a six month open water season: May 13 - November 13.
2007 was the warmest Ocean temps in the last 6 years at Newport.
100 days and counting.
