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5:05pm 84 degrees in the shade with a fan ... if we go out to Honeymoon Island (State Park) - 7 minute drive (if I’m driving)- its usually after 3pm - its a sun thing - without sunscreen you can be toast in an hour on a walk/shell collecting trip.

Water temp: 77 degrees now probably fine for you Northerners but I don’t go in the water til it hits 80. August and Sept. 90+ - like a bath. ;-)

Don’t book a flight - they closed the beaches.

Pinellas County may open up some beaches and pools come Thursday. We’ll see.

My husband and I lived in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. By April it was 105° and by July though the middle of November is was 117° with 95% humidity.
I know heat.
The water was the same temperature as the air...no difference. The petroleum from the wells would come up and make black waves. When we walked the beach we always wore the special black-tar-on-the-soles shoes.

Our getaway place was Hawaii. Long ago I was there when there was still black sand--

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Because of constant volcanic activity, you'll find white sands and black sands on the island of Hawaii. Located on the southeastern Kau coast, Punaluu Black Sand Beach is one of the most famous black sand beaches in Hawaii.

That beach doesn't exist anymore...the black sand finally washed away.

We all have our dream places.