I live on the Coast of Southern Baja - coordinates near 26.238858 N 112.479075 W . The ocean temps in our region have been over 80 degrees since early July. Several weeks in August were near 90 degrees. We rarely have water temps over 80 degrees for more than a few weeks in August. We've also had an unusual amount of hurricanes and south wind days, and to me what seems like an unusual amount of high pressure cells over Mainland Mexico this summer. Even as I write in October, the water temp is well above 80 degrees, which is a record in my experience. The only other time I've seen conditions similar to this was during the El Niño around 1997. Are these conditions some local weather phenomenon unrelated to El Niño, or is it actually related to the possible upcoming El Niño?