When the air temperature drops more than 3 degrees over a seven-day period, it generally goes unnoticed. The same is not true of a change in the water temperature, especially as the air cools toward winter.

On Monday, Nov. 1, the water temperature around Long Beach Island tied the record high of warmest water day of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit in November, which was set in 2007. Just one week earlier, on Oct.