Cape Canaveral Sea Temperature

Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Cape Canaveral is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Cape Canaveral and nearby locations.

Water temperature in Cape Canaveral right now

Below is the current sea temperature for Cape Canaveral, United States on 28th March 2024.

22.56° C

(72.6° F)

  • yesterday: 22.15° C (71.87° F)
  • a week ago: 19.5° C (67.1° F)

Water at this temperature is very pleasant to swim in and if you tend to wear a wetsuit when swimming, you might consider removing it now to avoid the body overheating.

The average sea temperature for Cape Canaveral on March 28th over the last 10 years is 20.8° C (69.43° F), with a low temperature of 18.54° C (65.37° F) and a high of 23.19° C (73.74° F).

Analysis and forecast for Cape Canaveral water temperatures

The water temperature in Cape Canaveral today is higher than the average temperature of 20.8° C (69.43° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 28th March 2023, was 22.58° C (72.64° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Cape Canaveral over the last 30 days:

Date Temperature (Celsius) Temperature (Fahrenheit)
March 28 22.56° C 72.6° F
March 27 22.15° C 71.87° F
March 26 18.78° C 65.8° F
March 25 18.94° C 66.09° F
March 24 19.19° C 66.54° F
March 23 19.49° C 67.08° F
March 22 19.49° C 67.08° F
March 21 19.5° C 67.1° F
March 20 19.76° C 67.57° F
March 19 20.34° C 68.61° F
March 18 21.43° C 70.57° F
March 17 21.18° C 70.12° F
March 16 20.8° C 69.44° F
March 15 20.53° C 68.95° F
March 14 20.26° C 68.47° F
March 13 19.87° C 67.77° F
March 12 19.8° C 67.64° F
March 11 20.46° C 68.83° F
March 10 20.45° C 68.81° F
March 9 20.48° C 68.86° F
March 8 20.13° C 68.23° F
March 7 19.68° C 67.42° F
March 6 19.62° C 67.32° F
March 5 19.47° C 67.05° F
March 4 19.38° C 66.88° F
March 3 19.23° C 66.61° F
March 2 19.06° C 66.31° F
March 1 17.71° C 63.88° F
February 29 17.39° C 63.3° F
February 28 17.28° C 63.1° F
February 27 17.17° C 62.91° F

The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.

Water temperature in Cape Canaveral by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Cape Canaveral.

For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Cape Canaveral changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.

Cape Canaveral map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Cape Canaveral

The highest temperature in United States today is 25.17° C (77.3° F) in Boynton Beach. The lowest is in Anchorage, where the temperature of the water is -1.66° C (29.01° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Cape Canaveral?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Cape Canaveral because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atomosphere of Earth.

SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in Cape Canaveral as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Cape Canaveral comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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