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Hello, Point Loma and Ocean Beach!
Whether you like it or not, the heat that’s been hitting San Diego is not going away anytime soon. As you can already tell, Ocean Beach is not immune to these sweltering temperatures. Although it may be slightly cooler in coastal areas, we are still being affected.
The National Weather Service issued heat advisories across San Diego County last week and earlier this week. Temperatures in coastal areas— like OB— are expected to stay in the mid 80s throughout the week with lows in the high 60s and the low 70s.
There’s good news for surfers and maybe bad news for swimmers. If you’re thinking about jumping in the ocean to beat the heat, the south swell from Hurricane Fausto and now Hurricane Genevieve will continue bringing in high surf and overhead waves along the coast of San Diego.
If you’re an inexperienced swimmer, now is not the time to cool down in the ocean — hurricane swells can be highly unpredictable. Alongside high surf, hurricane swells can also bring dangerous rip currents and warmer water temperatures.
The swell from Hurricane Genevieve is expected to hit today. All these storms and warm temperatures are likely due to El Niño— a climate pattern which brings warmer water from Mexico up the coast and weaker trade winds. These storms need warm water to thrive which is why we see so many of them during El Niño.
So If you’re planning to avoid the ocean, it’s important to avoid potential heat related illnesses when outside. For example, some of the signs of heat exhaustion are nausea, dizziness, headache and clammy skin.
Finding a place with A/C is crucial during these times. Local public libraries are usually great places to cool off, and locally we have the Ocean Beach Public Library and Point Loma/Hervey Library.
How do you beat the summer heat?
Steve Anderson
Peninsula Beacon newsletter host
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