- Oct 18, 2009
- 3,637
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
88 or higher is perfect for us. We went swimming for the first time Easter Saturday as the pool reached 88 with the solar on 
So whats your starting swim Temp?
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Mine got up to 78 yesterday with no heater, no solar, just good old Florida sunshine. Water was nice, especially now that it's blue (but still has some dirt in it, on the bottom).
Send some up here, will ya?! I usually go in when the water reaches 19°C or so, that's a warm 66 in °F.denisbaldwin said:
There's nothing like diving into a 60 degree pool after running. Of course, I do just that..straight from the diving board to the steps at the other end
No less than 86 for us - and our water was at 81 today. So we may be swimming by the end of next week. Woooo Hooooo! We're using a solar cover.
This is our first season with a pool and we have yet to get in. Water temps at 64-65 today... hoping the sun will give us some more warmth. We may brave a quick swim soon just because it's a new and exciting thing for us. 
The dogs go in as soon as the steps are seated. We get that done when the water is warm enough to have your arms in long enough to do the job without freezing off–about 64°F.
My husband, raised in northern New Brunswick, goes in with them. Canucks just are tough, you know? But then I have to haul him out with a life ring.
Me? It depends. There was that March one year . . . the ice had all thawed and I was on the pool deck, skimming leaves off the bottom, wearing my winter coat, mittens, a wool hat. I mean, it was c-o-l-l-l-d out. The water temp had to be near freezing still. One mis-step. I leaned over too far near that part which I can never quite reach with the net. And fell in.
Oh yeah. That water was dang cold! By the time I had reached the side where I could pull myself out–no steps yet–I was gasping for air. My hands and head were soaked but the water hadn't yet reached through the layers of clothes to my body. My coat, though, became immediately so heavy that I couldn't pull myself up and I couldn't feel my feet. Got the mittens off, got the coat off, got out of the water. Shock wanted me to lay on the deck. Adrenaline wanted me to become a screaming ninny. Adrenaline won–though I'm not much of a screamer.
My normal comfort level is 82°F.
My husband, raised in northern New Brunswick, goes in with them. Canucks just are tough, you know? But then I have to haul him out with a life ring.
Me? It depends. There was that March one year . . . the ice had all thawed and I was on the pool deck, skimming leaves off the bottom, wearing my winter coat, mittens, a wool hat. I mean, it was c-o-l-l-l-d out. The water temp had to be near freezing still. One mis-step. I leaned over too far near that part which I can never quite reach with the net. And fell in.
Oh yeah. That water was dang cold! By the time I had reached the side where I could pull myself out–no steps yet–I was gasping for air. My hands and head were soaked but the water hadn't yet reached through the layers of clothes to my body. My coat, though, became immediately so heavy that I couldn't pull myself up and I couldn't feel my feet. Got the mittens off, got the coat off, got out of the water. Shock wanted me to lay on the deck. Adrenaline wanted me to become a screaming ninny. Adrenaline won–though I'm not much of a screamer.
My normal comfort level is 82°F.
I think it's funny that I used to be one of those polar bear types that would jump into 35 degree lake water in Michigan for fun but now I won't go in a pool colder than 70