Why the ocean water is so blue in Myrtle Beach | Weather IQ
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- You may have seen it with your own eyes or seen the chatter and pictures on social media over the last couple of days, but the ocean is getting a lot of attention right now along the Grand Strand and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, because of how blue it is!
Typically, this time of the year, the water along the grand strand has a brownish look. The brown or "dirty" look to the water comes from sediment and phytoplankton that get churned up in the water and end up sitting and floating closer to the surface.
This time of the year often sees an active Atlantic Ocean with tropical depressions, storms, or even hurricanes. But lately, the ocean has been quiet, lacking any tropical mischief, and even light winds offshore have helped that sediment to settle closer to the ocean floor. This helps more of the natural color of the ocean, which is closer to blue, to show off a bit more. Even the sunlight reflecting off the ocean can give it a bluer tint. Water molecules can absorb the red colors of the light spectrum but leave behind the blues, making a more rich blue look to the water. #Weather #WakeupCLT #MyrtleBeach
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Everything is in balance as it’s always been.
You don’t have to go all the way to the keys Panama City to Pensacola is more blue and clear than this
Calm before the storm?
It looks like Bahama waters because we haven't had hurricanes... Why do the Bahamas have Bahama water?
Oh the horror! 😂😂
Is still currently blue?
im going in 2 days and i think it is blue i think its going to last until there is a tropical storm which isnt supposed to happen for couple monthes like september
maybe myrtle beach trying to imitate miamis beach water?
Myrtle Beach is always blue
It’s never blue it’s always a greenish brown.
i live in myrtle its a mixture of colour it depents on what the weather is if its rainy its greenish brown but cloudy blue and sunny like clear
@@bp2836 True! I know it's not usually as blue as Florida, but compared to New Jersey which is brown, many times when I vacationed in Myrtle Beach in September and October the water did have a tint of blue and it was very clear when you were standing in it you can see the fish.
@@Gump23 Yes I have seen it blue a few times and if you look at this video right now it's blue, so you're wrong.
It's usually a murkish looking grey especially near the beach...I'd say it gets bluer the further out you go..I'm going Sunday for 4 days I hope it's still in it's prettier stages.