"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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Sea temperatures off Cornwall
would seem to be quite low this year at only 17 degrees (is this normal?
North Sea is warmer) so 20 degrees inland Cornwall would have been all
that
was needed.

I liked the photo by the way.

Jack


The sea temperature off Cornwall reached 17 degrees back in June, and has
generally been between 17 & 18 degrees ever since. The maximum temperature
recorded at Sevenstones Buoy (off Land's End) this year was 18.6 on August
7th, before a period of rough seas set in.

The sea has felt warm this year. I think the large swell which has been a
feature of this summer, has caused a lot of mixing away from the immediate
coast. The North Sea has certainly been exceptionally warm.

Graham