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manored78 t1_j2zdo7o wrote

Someone from Michigan once told me that they have great beaches. At the time I thought no way could a lake beach be better than a real ocean beach. I saw photos and vids and I was so wrong.

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Lexicontinuum t1_j2zety6 wrote

The only down side is that it's too cold for smaller people to swim in comfortably. It can certainly be done; there's just some screaming involved in the beginning haha. But my lips start to turn blue if I stay in for more than 10-15 minutes.

I think the hottest the water got this past summer on the UP side of the lake was 64F (like 17 or 18C).

Edit: But the cold is also part of the reason why it's so beautiful and crystal clear. The climate is too cold for much farming, so there's not a ton of fertilizer runoff like we see with some of the other Great Lakes. Algae loves fertilizer.

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manored78 t1_j2zp78v wrote

Same can be said of the Pacific Ocean. The water in LA is cold as hell.

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moisthairyguts t1_j3267fs wrote

I think the Baltic Sea too. My mother took me and my brother swimming and it was suuuuuper cold.

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