Swimmers and beachgoers in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina were urged to use caution when entering the ocean.

"Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water," the NWS warned in its official coastal ...

With hurricane season well underway, it’s always important to check that beach conditions are safe before you go.

For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling ...

Large parts of the Mediterranean Sea are 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, with some recent readings in the 10-15 degrees ...

In addition to frigid water temperatures, spring snowmelt and recent rainfall is causing area rivers to run fast with swift currents. "The swift water can easily overturn a kayak or canoe into the ...

A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term ...

A sprawling, slow-moving system of ocean currents circulating in the Atlantic that help regulate the earth’s temperature is set to deliver a blob of warmer, saltier water off the U.S. coast ...

"Having this new NWS rip current risk map on hurricanes.gov will help people understand when it might be too dangerous to get in the ocean even if a hurricane is not right on our doorstep," he said.

Here are the current water temperatures. ... If you want to go to the warmest beach waters now, check out the maps below. The far southern Lake Michigan beaches have 75 degree water right now.