{"id":347629,"date":"2025-08-15T22:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347629\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:32:15","slug":"the-european-seaside-with-waters-as-hot-as-hot-tubs-following-marine-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347629\/","title":{"rendered":"The European seaside with waters as hot as hot tubs following ‘marine heatwave’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALESIA FIDDLER, TRAINEE REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 12:06 EDT, 15 August 2025 | Updated: 12:39 EDT, 15 August 2025 <\/p>\n

With summer in full swing and temperatures soaring across Europe, seaside destinations have experienced a ‘marine heatwave’.<\/p>\n

Sea temperatures globally have been so high recently and July was the third-warmest on record, according to\u00a0Mercator Ocean International.<\/p>\n

The non-profit organisation is part of the EU\u2019s Copernicus Marine Service and monitors the conditions of the ocean, while also providing forecasts.<\/p>\n

Analysis by the institute found around the world sea temperatures reached an average\u00a0of 20.80\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

This was just lower than 2024’s temperatures, at 20.91\u00b0C and 2023 which averaged 20.93\u00b0C.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around 71% of the global ocean experienced above-average temperatures.<\/p>\n

The Mediterranean Sea saw record-breaking warmth last month.<\/p>\n

It reached an ‘unprecedented’ temperature of 26.68\u00b0C, beating the previous high of\u00a026.65\u00b0C in 2023.<\/p>\n

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With summer in full swing and temperatures soaring across Europe, there’s seaside destinations that have experienced a ‘marine heatwave’<\/p>\n

\"Mercator <\/p>\n

Mercator Ocean International, a non-profit organisation is part of the EU\u2019s Copernicus Marine Service and monitors the conditions of the ocean, has revealed the high temperatures<\/p>\n

According to Monaco Life<\/a>, areas of the western\u00a0Mediterranean, including Spain, as well as\u00a0the central basin close to Italy have seen soaring temperatures.<\/p>\n

The European destinations have reportedly seen sea surface temperatures breaching 30\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

‘Strong or higher category marine heatwaves’ hit 68% of the Mediterranean Sea in July, according to\u00a0Mercator Ocean International.<\/p>\n

This made it\u00a0the second widest coverage on record for such intense conditions.<\/p>\n

While\u00a095% of the Mediterranean experienced above-average temperatures overall.<\/p>\n

There were other temperature spikes too, with 63% of the basin exceeding the long-term average by at least 1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile 40% of the basin saw the heat exceed by at least 2\u00b0C.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mercator Ocean International revealed how the western Mediterranean was the worst hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to Monaco Life, areas of the western Mediterranean, including Spain, as well as the central basin close to Italy have seen soaring temperatures<\/p>\n

There have been been plenty of on-land heatwaves too recently.<\/p>\n

Temperature records were recently broken<\/a> in at least four weather stations in southern France.<\/p>\n

The southwestern city of Bordeaux hit a record 41.6C while all-time records were also broken at meteorological stations in Bergerac, Cognac and Saint Girons, according to the national weather service, Meteo France.<\/p>\n

The heatwave, the country’s second this summer, began last Friday and was forecast to last possibly until August 19 or 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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