This is the time of the year to get your swimming costumes out.

The Sea temperature in Madeira have now reached 23+ degrees in Funchal.
Due to the Gulf stream that passes Madeira Island at certain times of the year these temperatures are regularly reached even though it is the Atlantic Ocean.

Throughout this week, the daily extreme of the maximum temperature of the sea water in Funchal was always above 21ºC, and the lowest temperature was 20.7ºC, recorded in the early hours of the 16th, Thursday of Corpus Christi.

In Caniçal, where a wave buoy is also located, this past week the extreme water temperature ranged between a minimum of 19.9ºC (day 18) and a maximum of 22.6ºC (day 16).

This Saturday, the 18th, at noon, 21.5ºC was the water temperature recorded by the two wave