blog.gov.jeIf you are a sea swimmer, surfer, snorkeler or diver, you may well have noticed how warm the sea has been through most of 2025. The sea around Jersey is quite shallow and due to our local currents, a lot of the water remains swirling around the Islands, with cooler water to the north and … Read more Higher-than-average sea surface temperatures around Jersey
Author: Matt Winter
Higher-than-average sea surface temperatures around Jersey
Sea Temperature Trends in Jersey Over the Last 60 Years
This picture is part of a wider warming trend which is being seen across much of the globe and has been recently been highlighted in the media by Copernicus data (Climate change: World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat – BBC News). This is in line with what we would expect to see over the land and sea in a globally warming climate.