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Why is the ocean water off the west coast cold?
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The water there is cold because of the ocean currents in the pacific which circulate the cold and warm water in a circular pattern, and it just so happens that on the west coast is near the section of the current bringing cold water south from the arctic.
But elsewhere, this depends on local currents. In the Tasman Sea for example, a warm anti-clockwise current flows up the west coast of New Zealand and promotes a warmer, but wetter climate.
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