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What is probably the coldest water that you have ever swam in?

I joined a Polar Bear swim group a few times but I just waded into the water far as I could, not brave enough to submerge.

Posted - May 25, 2021
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  • 11087
    Here in Minnesota the lakes over  in the winter. They water never really gets warm. If the water hits 70 F (about 20 C) is considered warm. I don't know what the coldest water I've swum in is, but probably around 60 F.
      May 25, 2021 11:17 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      You’re not just trying to see me in my Speedo again, are you? I fell for this trick the last time, but never again.  Grrrrrrrr. 

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      May 25, 2021 11:59 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Cood greef, Charlie Brown.
      May 25, 2021 1:26 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Wait, does that mean you want to see me without the Speedo? I’m calling the police!



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      May 25, 2021 2:09 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Sure if you are dressed up in a Santa Claus suit or something.
      May 25, 2021 2:22 PM MDT
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  • 17613
    rock quarries
      May 25, 2021 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 11151
    Nanoose Creek it is glacier fed so even in the middle of summer you can't hold your feet in it for more then 30 seconds (at the top end of the creek). Further down the creek the the water is a bit warmer so it makes a nice swim on a hot day. Cheers
      May 25, 2021 6:10 PM MDT
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  • I go wind surfing even in the winter.  I think the coldest temperature of the Atlantic is 9˚C in July, August and September.  The water begins to warm up in October.  I did a polar plunge in Ushuaia, Argentina once.  I was in town and I heard about it, so I joined them.  The water temperature was 4˚C and the air temperature was 0˚C.
      May 28, 2021 5:16 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Now that you’ve done a polar plunge once, do you think you might ever do it again?
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      May 30, 2021 8:23 PM MDT
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  • I would do it again if I'm in a place that has a polar plunge when I'm there.  I don't know if it's an annual event in Ushuaia or not.  One of the passengers on the flight to Ushuaia told me about it.  I had free time that day, so I went to the polar plunge and jumped into the water with them.  I jumped in the water with my regular clothes because it was unplanned and I didn't have a swimsuit with me, but I brought along dry clothes.
      May 30, 2021 8:36 PM MDT
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  • 2706
      For me, that would be Lake Superior. Actually, I didn't swim in the lake, I fell in while fishing for steelhead. The water in Superior is always cold but during steelhead season it was a shock to the system when I fell in. :)
      May 30, 2021 8:40 PM MDT
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  • 34432
    Current River average temperature 60°.
      May 31, 2021 5:26 AM MDT
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  • 2132
    Crane Beach Massachusetts gave me a splitting headache it was so cold.

    Crane Beach

    Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Wikipedia
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 3, 2021 11:43 AM MDT
      June 3, 2021 10:47 AM MDT
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