Minutes Water Temperature and Wetsuit Guide
(Nova Scotia, Canada)
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Today's Minutes sea temperature is 6.5 °C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
| Mean: | 5.4 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Range: | 3.6 °C to 7.1 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics for 19 May (1981–2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.
Don't be comforted by the pleasant air temperatures because the water temperature at Minutes will be much cooler than the air today. Surfers will need a thick winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots. Feeling much more pleasant out of the water than in the very cold sea today.
Map of current Canada Surface Water Temperatures based on measurements from oceanographic satellites |
Map of current Canada Sea Water Temperature Anomalies (compared with long term averages at this time of year) |
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Below is a graph of Historical Sea Surface Temperature for Minutes. This has been derived from analysis of two decades of oceanographic satellite measurements of nearby open water. We have calculated the average water temperature variation around the year as well as the extremes that have been observed on each date.
All of the graphs for the surf breaks presented on Surf-Forecast.com are on the same scale to enable comparison between locations around the world.
Minutes sea water temperatures peak in the range 15 to 18°C (59 to 64°F) on around the 12th of August and are at their lowest on about the 22nd of February, in the range -1 to 2°C (30 to 36°F). The highest seasonal sea water temperatures at Minutes in the second week of August lend themselves to a 4/3mm wetsuit or a 3/2mm suit and 3mm neoprene boots. The lowest sea water temperatures at Minutes mean that you will need a flexible 6/5/4mm wetsuit or a well fitting 5/4mm wetsuit with gloves and 5mm neoprene booties and a hood to surf here in the second half of February.
Actual sea surface water temperatures close to shore at Minutes can vary by several degrees compared with these open water averages. This is especially true after heavy rain, close to river mouths or after long periods of strong offshore winds. Offshore winds cause colder deep water to replace surface water that has been warmed by the sun. Air temperature, wind-chill and sunshine should also be considered before deciding on the kind of wetsuit needed to stay warm when surfing at Minutes. Refer to our detailed weather forecasts for this information.
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