Welland Water Temp?

Measured it this evening near where the swim will be, at 3ft below surface it was 68F / 20C.

Given the expected temps are going to be higher in the next week leading to the race, I believe the temps will come up probably in the area of 72-73.  I'll be posting some more updates every 3-4 days since I'll be doing more OWS in the canal in the next week.

Thanks for the updates Ray.  This will be my first open water swim this year.  Hopefully I don't have a panic attack like Lakeside last year.  I'm praying for wetsuit legal.

I grew up in Port Colborne, I wonder if you're the only member of the tri community there

From what I understand, they will not disallow wetsuits even if water temps go past 23-24C as their main concern is peoples safety.  In the last 10 years, only 1 race was disallowed wetsuits and it was a qualifier for the Age Group World Championships.

Not sure I'm the only one, I do see a lot of guys on TT bikes on the local hwys, but I don't see Port Colborne listed on any of the tri results around here, except for mine of course. 

Found this on the MSC website:

So it looks like it'll be fine.