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Originally Posted by Maldive
Steely has been pretty funny in this thread.
(Parts of) Southern California: the big lie is bikinis surfing (movies etc). Spent many trips and months in Del Mar (San Diego-ish). Never saw a surfer without a wet suit (I sure wore one).
Ocean currents are to blame apparently but supposedly there is a month or so when the ocean warms up after June gloom.
I did find warmish water in L.A. once.
Florida/Atlantic beaches win on the comfort zone scale... but then there's the hurricane quotient.
Pick ur beach paradise ;-) Chicago? San Diego? Miami Beach?
I'd choose Italy (Amalfi) which I admit is not in North America.
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California waters are cold, they're not like the East Coast south of Long Island.
Most years you don't need a wet suit from mid July - September. The nice thing about a wet suit is you don't have to worry about a sun burn.