I was asked a beach question that’s right up my alley – my alley being anything below the high-water mark. “Can water temperatures be different up and down Long Beach Island?” So, how much time ya got?
Not only can water temps vary from north end to south end, but they can be mind-blowingly different, when conditions are just so.
After getting my first infrared point-and-shoot thermometer, I went a bit shoot-happy while following a fall mullet run.
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