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water temps up to 80 degrees in Asuncion

SiReNiTa - 11-6-2006 at 09:48 AM

Wow, yesterday we had such a lovely swim although the swell was very large and to our delight the water was up to 80 degrees F according to a cruising yacht anchored here. The Baja Ha Ha race flew by here a couple days ago with their spinnakers flying in a fairly light wind. The weather has been exceptional the last week just like summer!

Summanus - 11-6-2006 at 09:55 AM

Sails....Wing on wing! A great sight.

Wow...80 degrees on that side! Different for sure. Wonder how the icecaps are doing up north? Better start marking high water lines each week, SiReNita. Have fun in the surf!

QuePasaBaja - 11-7-2006 at 11:22 AM

Man I envy you. The water here is cold and dirty. ( Rosarito beach ) I think it is in the high 60's to very low 70's. But every time someone that we know gets in, they get a rash or sick with some sort of virus. :(

Could be the septic trucks dumping near by. Even though they say it is only water from the laundry places.

FARASHA - 11-7-2006 at 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by QuePasaBaja
Could be the septic trucks dumping near by. Even though they say it is only water from the laundry places.


It's still polluting the sea - no wonder people get sick!!

Tomas Tierra - 11-7-2006 at 12:05 PM

SiReNiTa....

80 degrees!!!! WOW!! How are the kelp beds holding up??? Are ther urchins washing up on the beach???

80 degrees is to warm for the urchins and abalones to be happy..

between the poachers and the water temps your Daddy must be pulling his hair out!!

shari - 11-8-2006 at 08:55 AM

This heat wave is sooo weird...no wind and it's been in the 90's all week and the water got up to 84 degrees and was 88 degrees at one point according to a cruising sailor here. Doesn't look good for the abalone next year if this keeps up much longer. Sure is lovely for snorkeling though...the water is crystal clear and the cruisers here can see their anchor 30' down clearly! That is the up side of most people having outhouses and septic fields....no sewage in the ocean!!

jorgie - 11-8-2006 at 09:55 AM

So, how much is the cost of an 8 person septic tank and field installation ? Is delivery of the tank and pipes a problem ? Any Nomads have a handle on the costs ?

Bajagypsy - 11-8-2006 at 10:53 AM

The gods are making it warm there as I woke up this morning to 1/2 foot of SNOW!!!!! After an hour of shoveling, I'm happy to say I can see my sidewalk, for how long we are not sure!!! Can't wait for Friday, see you on Sunday Shari!!!!

Skipjack Joe - 11-8-2006 at 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
SiReNiTa....

80 degrees!!!! WOW!! How are the kelp beds holding up??? Are ther urchins washing up on the beach???

80 degrees is to warm for the urchins and abalones to be happy..

between the poachers and the water temps your Daddy must be pulling his hair out!!


Good point TT. I also thought about that while reading the post. Those kelp beds at Sqn Roques wont stand more than a couple of seasons of that kind of temperature. That's the southern boundary of kelp growth and they're already on the fringe of conditions that are tolerable. A couple of months of those temperatures probably wont do that much damage. Springtime is the critical time for their growth.

It does make one ponder though. Those kelp beds are major ecosystems and if they went it would change sea life to a large degree in that area.

shari - 11-9-2006 at 12:58 PM

the kelp beds in front of our house are gone now and tons of dead seaweed and kelp has washed up on the beaches...nasty....so yep there is a serious concern about the effects of this el niņo particularly on the abalone.
Oh and to Thomas Tierra, Juan is not the kind of dude to pull his hair out...he treasures his pony tail! He's the "ni modo" kind of mr.mellow guy.

shari - 11-9-2006 at 01:01 PM

Jorgie, we live on a rock and can't dig to put in a septic field unless a Nomad (maybe Zigzaggin) can help us out with some plastic explosives!! The normal cost of putting in a cement block septic system here is at least $700 so that lets most of us out this high tech crapper technology!:lol:

SiReNiTa - 11-10-2006 at 05:34 PM

lol well i went to the beach this weekend and was going to get in to the water but probably would have gotten killed because of the huge swell...ouch!!! one of my friends got quite a tumble so i decided against it...see yall later!!!
peace