Beach water temperatures in popular East Coast vacation destinations are heating up as summer continues.
The Atlantic Ocean’s temperatures are cooler at northern beaches, including those in and around the Outer Banks in North Carolina, as well as along the coasts of New Jersey and Maryland.
Specific temperatures as of Tuesday morning are as follows, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information:
- 76.3 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- 76.1 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Cape May, New Jersey
- 74.8 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Ocean City Inlet, Maryland
- 83.3 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Washington, D.C.
- 79 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Duck, North Carolina
- 83.3 degrees just before 11 a.m. in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the current water temperature as of 11 a.m. Tuesday is 86 degrees, according to the local tracker Myrtle Beach Surf Cams.
The data comes from the Long Bay Observation System’s Apache Pier Water Quality & Weather Station and is updated online throughout the day, the site says.
From June through August, the Myrtle Beach water temperatures are typically between 79 and 83 degrees, Surf Cams said, so Tuesday’s measurement is higher than normal.
Water temperatures farther south along the East Coast are higher.
In Florida, beach water temperatures are as follows, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information:
- 86 degrees as of 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in West Tampa
- 87.8 degrees just before 11 a.m. Tuesday in Fort Myers
- 88 degrees just before 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Petersburg
- 88.2 degrees just before 11 a.m. Tuesday in Key West
- 88.9 degrees just before 11 a.m. Tuesday in Clearwater Beach