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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2611897, member: 961"] I did a ton or research about air and water temperatures all across places in FL wen we were considering moving here. I wanted a place where we could go in the water as close to year-round as possible. What we found is that while in general, the Gulf of Mexico is warmer than the Atlantic, from Vero Beach south along the Atlantic you really can swim year-round, which is how we wound up living where we live. We visited been Christmas and New Year's, and on a December 27, I found myself wading thigh-deep in the ocean, and I thought, "I could get used to this," and I did. Anyway, when I looked at the statistics, I found that the winter ocean temperatures at the Atlantic beaches like Fort Pierce were warmer than those at St. Pete Beach, on the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, the average temperature at that beach in January is 64, in February is 67 and in March is 69. I used to endure those temperatures in New England when I was younger, but I'm not about to now. To the best of my knowledge -- and this is typical -- the average did not drop below 70 (my minimum comfort level) at Fort Pierce except for a couple of weeks when we had a cold snap. I know it's counterintuitive, but there it is. [/QUOTE]