2006-09-16 08:10:05 · 4 answers · asked by Westbound 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Temperature depends on where you are.
The temperature varies with latitude, from polar seas at 28.4 F, to the Persian Gulf at 96.8 F.
Survival time at under 32 degrees F is from under 15 min to 45 min.
At 40 F you can survive for 30 to 90 min.
At 50 F it is 1 - 3 hours.
At 60 F, 1 - 6 hours.
At 70 F, 2 - 40 hrs.
At 80 F, 3 to indefinite.
At 90 F, indefinitely.
Personal Flotation Devices can increase survival time, due to the insulation they provide.
2006-09-16 08:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Survival: Quite awhile (days) to around 15 minutes; depends upon where you are. In the colder waters up around Seattle, Washington (USA) for example, it's about 43 degrees Farenheit and you don't have long to live. Wheras in the Carribean and the water is 80-some degrees Farenheit, you could survive quite awhile longer. In any case, you still would have sun exposure, dehydration (you can't drink ocean water to survive), fatigue from trying to stay afloat, etc.
Other answers have given the range of temperatures, pointed out various other variables, etc. :)
2006-09-16 15:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by Kimberley Mc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The temp depends on where in the ocean and which ocean you are talking about. As far as survival that's another variable because of temperature, exhaustion, weather exposure, lack of food or fresh water, but also because their are things in the ocean that will kill a person much faster than temperature will.
2006-09-16 15:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by spiderspell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you are and how good a swimmer. Eventually, you will die of one of several things:
1. Starvation
2. Dehydration
3. Too much salt
4. Not having enough strength to keep swimming
5. Drowning
6. Hypoventilation (being too cold for too long)
2006-09-16 15:21:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋