Sea Temperature — Los Angeles

Is it warm enough to swim at Los Angeles?

At 18.1°C the water is cool — refreshing rather than warm — fine for a swim, chilly on entry. Sea temperature lags the seasons, so the warmest water at Los Angelesusually comes a month or two after the hottest air, and a cold current or a spell of offshore wind can drop it sharply within a day. This is the surface layer; it's cooler a few metres down.

Los Angeles right now