Why does the water in the pool feel so cold at first, but after a while, it’s room temperature or even warm?

Question

I’ve been a competitive swimmer for almost 4 years and I still don’t know why this happens.

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Answer 1

Your body doesn’t “cool down to the temperature of the water” as people here are saying. If your body dropped 3 degrees, you’d be hypothermic. Not to mention 20-30° to the water temperature, you’d be a corpse.