The weather phenomenon that occurred is called upwelling. This means that the wind blows warm surface water away from the coast, which causes cold seawater to rise up. This took place along the Blekinge coast in July. Now the cold stream of water has moved towards the Skåne coast, as a result of the high water level in the Baltic Sea.
The bathing temperature is below 18 degrees throughout Scania. At Ystad salt lake, the current water temperature is 9.2 degrees, according to measurements by the Norwegian Sea and Water Authority.
— It’s colder in the water than it usually is. People have a right to that, says Mikael Krysell at the Sea and Water Authority to Sydsvenskan.