Is it OK to go to the beach in winter?

The Fresh Air and Warm Sunshine are Good for Your Health Spending the afternoon outside on a winter beach vacation gives you more vitamin D, and salt water also has surprising health benefits with its natural antibacterial and antifungal properties. There are also mental beach benefits for your health.



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Most people look forward to a beach vacation as time to recharge—then get swept up in crowds and activities and do anything but that. Visit beach towns in winter and you'll find total quiet, a much slower pace and plenty of time to read, nap and relax.

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Why doesn't the ocean freeze solidly in the winter even when the air temperature drops below the freezing point of fresh water, 32?F (0?C)? Movement andsalinity? saltiness ? are two major characteristics of ocean water that help keep it from freezing at that temperature.

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Depending on the destination, fall is shoulder season — an off-peak period when business slows and prices come down accordingly. Hayley Berg, lead economist for the travel booking app Hopper, says beach airfare and hotel prices drop in September and October, particularly in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Through the spring and summer months, inland or land-locked areas are notoriously warmer than coastal areas, whilst during the autumn and winter, the opposite is true. This is because of something called specific heat capacity, which is the amount of heat a material is capable of holding.

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Snow covers the sand dune, except for the blond tips of beach grass which the wind has combed to one side. The waves, deep blue and rimmed with white, turn over sand grains with each surge. The waves recede, and the wet beach shines in the winter sun.

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Gentler summer waves deposit sand from offshore bars onto the beach, ultimately widening it and increasing its elevation. Conversely, stronger winter waves with more energy, pick up those particles deposited in the summer, and carry them back offshore in bars, thus narrowing the beach.

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