Bay Area ocean temperatures 5 degrees warmer

[RandySF]

Nate Wells, 40, has surfed San Francisco’s Ocean Beach for 26 years and braved waters so cold his skin tingled and hurt. Surfing in Northern California typically requires a thick wetsuit, a hood and booties, but riding the waves last Friday, Wells wore a lightweight 3/2-millimeter suit and was hot and uncomfortable.

“The guy surfing next to me was wearing a heavy-weight 4/3 suit and he was flushed, red and sweating,” Wells, who grew up in the city and now lives in Lafayette, told SFGate. “I didn’t even need to wear my booties.”

Local surfers aren’t the only ones noticing the warmer ocean waters along the Bay Area coastline. Meteorologist Steve Anderson says his team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Monterey office has recorded temperatures that are on average 5 degrees higher than usual for this time of year over the past week.

This temperature pattern is extending from San Francisco to Monterey, while ocean temperatures throughout the rest of the state remain normal.

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2015/07/07/why-are-bay-area-ocean-temperatures-5-degrees-warmer/

[greytdemocrat]

1. Meh

Next year it could be back to normal or colder.

“Bottom line is that these past years have been odd, and the scientific community cannot say today what is going on.

That's because it's weather.