San Diego surfers in 2030.
San Diego surfers, 2030.

Californians warned to stay out of water as ocean temperatures drop to dangerous levels

The Ice Age cometh!

Of all the apocalypses promised upon your old, and I mean real old, pal DR, Ehrlich’s Population Bomb, Nostradamus’ 1999 “King of Terror, nuclear war, AI gone crazy, global warming, nothing scares like the spectre of a new ice age.

From an important journal some years ago,

It is this melting of Arctic ice which Ewing and Donn believe will set off another Ice Age on earth. They predict that it will cause great snows to fall in the north — perennial unmelting snows which the world has not seen since the last Ice Age thousands of years ago. These snows will make the Arctic glaciers grow again, until their towering height forces them forward. The advance south will be slow, but if it follows the route of previous ice ages, it will encase in ice large parts of North America and Europe.

In Search Of The Coming Ice Age ... With Leonard Nimoy (1978).

And, as I shiver in my little rental, a Fuscia ACNE studio cashmere sweater folded around my neck, all three panels on the gas heater on, a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing “coastal waters (in California) are too cold for safe swimming” foretells a future I’m not sure I want a part of.

Storm chaser Colin McCarthy tweeted:

An intense marine cold spell is gripping the Northern and Central California coast, with water temperatures up to 5°F below normal.

A buoy near Crescent City reported a water temperature of 46°F (8 c) yesterday. In waters that cold, hypothermia can occur in as little as 30 minutes.

These well below normal water temperatures due to strong upwelling of cold ocean water are enhancing the marine layer or “natural AC,” keeping coastal areas cool while inland areas experience intense heat (100-108°F in the Central Valley on Saturday).

“Cold water paralysis is a very big deal here (in central and northern California),” said National Weather meteorologist Danny Schmiegel. “It is actually not recommended that people go play on the beaches without a wetsuit.”

A staggering 1330 people from cold exposure in the US ever year, around half that from the heat.

Take care out there Californians and wear wetsuit even for beach play.

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Joe Schmo
Joe Schmo
2 years ago

Melting freshwater glaciers are lowering the salinity level of the ocean which in turn will increase the levels of Vibrio ie flesh eating bacteria in the water. Eventually it may be too dangerous to go in the water.

Lance Niederhaus
Lance Niederhaus
2 years ago

now they want us to wear a wetsuit while playing “on” the beach? sheesh.
complete with exaggerated color graphics fear chart showing most of the coast is 2-3 degrees below “normal” temps?
is this not just the regular la niña?

Eddie Haiku
Eddie Haiku
2 years ago

If you’re keen on some
Cold Water Paralysis
You know where to go

Cuntry Singer
Cuntry Singer
2 years ago

Could always cold plunge with your Dad to prepare the long days ahead. That said had a wiggle in the spring suit today and we are all cunts.

https://fb.watch/sTjPuP23ep/?

CheesNgrits
CheesNgrits
2 years ago

June is always the coldest water temp of the year. It’s always below 50 in june. Fucking miserable and not worth it unless south swell is running. The north wind has been ripping for 6 weeks now. Go ride a mountain bike.

Doobalachy
Doobalachy
2 years ago

Global cooling

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
2 years ago

6mm wetsuit is just something I’ll never wear in my life.

tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
2 years ago

blaphsemy, i say. as white as the winter-driven blow. rachel carson > paul erlich > surfline > newsome > < greenwash. trestles is alive with the next generation of kids not capable of reaching any new heights or maintaining economic success. but bexy is right. it’s really getting kerazzy in south africa. “Siri, what are you making us for dinner? Something to take a bit of the hypothermia away?”

https://www.themoviedb.org/…

tulsabubba
tulsabubba
2 years ago

The Irish and the British will feel right at home swimming in California. They don’t know what warm ocean water is.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  tulsabubba

waves off Co. Donegal in July are in the low-mid-70sF. little thing called the Jet Stream. water a bit warmer than the SoCal “Indian Summers” in late Sept when a chubasco is running up from the sub-tropics

channelbottom
channelbottom
2 years ago

Still wondering why no big sharkies in Ireland / Scotland. Plenty of seals.

MAKE IRELAND AND SCOTLAND FULL OF GREAT WHITES AGAIN.

MIASFOGWA.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

I’ve never confirmed with photo evidence, but Jimmy the Saint has always been a great white in my eyes

tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
2 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

need more chum…

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
2 years ago
NEGATRON
NEGATRON
2 years ago

Certainly makes Punta Roca not look like the J-Bay of Central America.

Barrelled
Barrelled
2 years ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

Definitely better waves in the entirety of “Central America” depending on how that’s defined.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
2 years ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

How is he on thst twinny?
Super rad!!

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
2 years ago

He’s certainly getting the reps in lately.

Tom
Tom
2 years ago

epic on it Nias

Happy Camper
Happy Camper
2 years ago

so stoke-ed that that WSL removed this stop from the WCT.
can you imagine the top pros in the world having to surf this mushy schlock?

channelbottom
channelbottom
2 years ago

NGL I like the logo.

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/wat…

30 mins.. Ha! Try 17 hours.

c4
c4
2 years ago
Reply to  Sean Connery

Farrallons has the largest great white sharks in the world as well. Incredible accomplishment.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  c4

read an article about the 2 dudes who run a research lab out there, both of ’em lifelong NorCal shred heads from your neck of the woods. one of ’em, I believe, grew up with the dude who surfs the Pit and has been twice attacked.

they sit and watch 2 different slabs come alive from the windows of their lil lab out there, drooling but knowing to never take a bite. I’ll try to find it and send it your way. Pics bore out their tales

c4
c4
2 years ago

Thanks!

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  c4

https://drive.google.com/fi…
lemme know if that works. imma bit clunky with tech

c4
c4
2 years ago

It worked I’ll check it out. Thanks again.

c4
c4
2 years ago

Read the article, interesting. Yea I don’t really see anyone ever surfing out there even if there’s ridable waves. Gotta be the worst place for sharks on the planet.

There was a study done right at the Pit where they put a decoy in the water to see how often a great white checked it out and they concluded that surfers will be inspected on average every four hours by a shark.

The waves have to be really good for me to surf that area.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  c4

some of the rare visuals tho…😍

as a screwfoot, it would be hard to resist if not for the paddle out there. never been, so what trinkets I’ve read & seen makes it seem like a haul across some scary waters. you’ve dabbled tho?

also, Fraley’s on the Bonzers?!?!?! Man after my own heart.

c4
c4
2 years ago

I’m a goofy foot too. Yea I’ve surfed that whole area for years. Don’t wanna talk too much about those places. Gets good but sand hasn’t been right for a while there though.

Barrelled
Barrelled
2 years ago

Mr Chase hath returned.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
2 years ago
Reply to  Barrelled

my diqus is all whacked tho, B!

7dollarsurfboard
7dollarsurfboard
2 years ago
Reply to  c4

Just wear a sharkband and you’ll be sweet.

ValiantScorn
ValiantScorn
2 years ago

“I swear it’s bigger than this, when we aren’t going thru a “spectre of a new ice age”.

No Feelings
No Feelings
2 years ago

Fortunately, humans tend not to enjoy swimming around in icy water. Except the ones that do.

Stick man
Stick man
2 years ago

Calithermia

Stick man
Stick man
2 years ago
Reply to  Stick man

Hypofornia?

Happy Camper
Happy Camper
2 years ago
Reply to  Stick man

Hypofornication?

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
2 years ago

More wind turbines will fix that.

deeks
deeks
2 years ago

Go to Queensland ya dumb cunts

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
2 years ago
Reply to  deeks

Queensland with be the new Tasmania but with less brain cells.

Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson
2 years ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

Which is saying a lot on account of the two heads.

Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson
2 years ago
Reply to  Gil Gunderson

Oh wait, that was the subtly of the joke. I get it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

channelbottom
channelbottom
2 years ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

Fewer

@surfads
@surfads
2 years ago

Can report the vibrant diving waters of Amed on Bali’s north east coast are still a balmy 26 degrees. No surf here but the $8 cocktail list is offshore all day. Global cooling is what you make of it.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
2 years ago
Reply to  @surfads

Hopefully well be able to ski in the blue mountains soon.

deeks
deeks
2 years ago

fucken punt Rd hill


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