i feel like local scuba divers are aware of it? nice thread if info about it! iirc it’s also why the ocean is so fucking cold up there
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The currents in Atlantic and Pacific rotate in same direction. Gulf Stream brings warmed water (and storms) north. Water cools and returns south on the eastern side. CA, north of San Louis Obisbo, is on the eastern side of similar current. Ocean Geography UCSB 1982 or 83.
aug 30, 2025, 3:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely - and also everyone working for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute! (I relied on their website for a lot of this thread.) But I didn't know it was unusually cold! Thanks for that. Makes sense.
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california waters are pretty cold esp if you are used to gulf or atlantic waters but there is a def gradient of cold to holy crap cold from south to north 😂
aug 30, 2025, 2:27 pm • 7 0 • view
So true. I learned to dive in SoCal one summer when the water was unusually warm—70s, I think—and then a few years later we dived Point Lobos. Holy crap is right.
aug 30, 2025, 3:33 pm • 5 0 • view
yes! i did the same damn thing 😂 dry suits are a thing. but going out from whaleys cove is beyond amazing 😍
aug 30, 2025, 4:41 pm • 4 0 • view
whalers, dangit
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