What temperature is too cold for swimming?

No not all, but i jumped into an outside pool in Tunisia once and felt like i was choking to death on my own bollocks, i managed to splutter and drag myself to the side of the pool much to every one’s amusement. There was a discrepancy with the outside temperature and the pool temperature.

Any temperature below your own body temperature (98.6 degrees) is “too cold.” You would just have to stay in the water a really long time to feel the effects. When I was in Mexico the water temperature was about 85 degrees, but because I stayed in the water for about 3 hours snorkeling, I got hypothermia. However, I do spend most of the summer in the water and where I live the water temp doesn’t get above about 75. So as long as you don’t stay in the water for too long you should be fine, or if you’re planning on staying in for a really long time then bring a wetsuit!

@jessifer1212 is correct. I have a pool and a heater with it. During the summer I heat it some so that when we get in it is still cold but not so much you could get hypothermia. I close my pool in October because it becomes too cold to swim in and sometimes we close it in Sept.

For me? Anything less than mid-70’s. Even then, I get chilly unless I’m in direct sunlight.

It really depends on what you are used to.

I am from Texas. Around here we are quite accustomed to strings of 100+ degree days during the summer. Temperatures in the 70’s would not make me want to get in the water.

However, once I went on vacation in Alaska. The temperature was in the upper 60’s and there were kids having a blast swimming in a river at a local park. Not only was the temperature of the air a bit chilly (for me) the water they were swimming in was snow melt that was just below the freezing point, yet they were all splashing around like it was the most refreshing thing in the world.

Some people hack holes into the ice and then jump in.
So it has to be said, anything below 0 degrees is too cold, because then the water solidifies.

In the 70s is too cold. Look for a hotel with a heated pool.

It depends on what you’re used to and also what the combination of air and water temperature is like.

For example, Canadians and New Englanders go to Myrtle Beach, SC, in March and have a great time in the water, and the natives think that we’re nuts. (I myself haven’t spent ‘a lot of time’ in that water at that time of year, but I can handle it for awhile if the air is warm enough to dry in.)

So if the water is cool but the air is warm, it can work. Likewise if you’re going to a place that has a hot tub next to a pool, for example, then the pool can be a nice place to chill after thorough warming in the hot tub, or vice versa.

My own experience is that if you have either warm air or warm water to get into, then I can handle significant coolness in the ‘other’ medium. But if both are cool, then I’m going to stay in the room or in the car, and if both are overly warm, then you went to the wrong place on vacation, or at the wrong time.

Technically, no natural temperature is too cold to swim in.
It depends on what kind of climate you’re accustomed to, and the air and water temperature where you’re swimming. If the air temperature is in the 70s, and you’re trying to swim in the Pacific Ocean, you’d probably want a wetsuit.

Between 70 and 75 is the best temperature for comfortable swimming. Anything below that just feels cold and anything approaching 80 or above feels like bath water and is also unpleasant (for the ocean).

My mother, when we went to live at the lake for the summer months, used to say that she wouldn’t swim at all in the lake prior to July 4, and after that it got too cold. And since she was always busy planning or managing a cookout with all kinds of family and guests on the 4th, she was off the hook for that day, too.

Water temps of under 50 degrees are too cold for me to swim without a temp suit.

I love swimming, and actually swam (for VERY short periods!) in Alaska when I lived there.

To me, anything that makes me momentarily hyperventilate when I dive in is probablly bordering on “too cold.” :)

Well for me I won’t go into a pool if its below the mid 60’s

Well, the question ended up being mute – because it was 20 degrees F when we went!! I went up to my ankles!

I believe 70 degrees is too cold.