HOT Beach Wedding!!

@Richard...a highly functioning penis. That's the best comment I've read this morning.

The last wedding I went to was a beach wedding. They didn't have any shade. It was not very pleasant. However, it is great that you care enough to give them cold water and fans. A shade would be great for them but I understand that a beach wedding doesn't always allow for this. But it sounds like for just 30 minutes that your guests will be fine. Good luck!

I love the concept of a highly functioning penis. I need a female equivalent to that.

A commodious and accommodating vagina?

No? I'll keep working on it.

Delfina, an accommodating vagina would be ok as long as it's only 1 at a time.

I live in Florida and August is one of the hottest months. A beach wedding is nice but too hot. Can you provide some sort of shade like this? Or use big umbrellas? I would also have bottle waters provided for the ceremony.

@Del high performing vagina?

I like commodious!

I'm picturing guests in swimwear when they attend this wedding...

I would do an afternoon ceremony, sometime after 5. The wind might make it seem less hot but the sun is strong and can be dangerous. At four, usually the sun starts going down but it's still daylight and will be a lot more comfortable and safe for your guests. Don't underestimate the sun

ETA: I've lived in FL all my life and while I consider myself a beach bum and love soaking in the sun, I HAVE HAD HEATSTROKES and they are SCARY. And I wasn't even directly under the sun. The sun is no joke so please don't come into this forum and make false claims that it's very unlikely to not get a heatstroke in AZ because you'll have a bottle of water and a fan. It is likely and it could happen and it's very scary for the person experiencing it. That is all @Lindsey O.

@Alyssachu, that sounds horrible!! Did the bride continue on to the reception without missing a beat....because you know it's her day.

@Kristen - just yours boo boo!

I'm having my wedding in Florida the first weekend of June but we are doing it at 730pm during sunset so it isn't so hot

What time of day is your wedding? And are you expecting your guests to be dressed formally at all?

I would honestly probably be physically sick if I had to sit through a 30 minute ceremony on the beach during the day in August in full sun and a dress and heels, no cute labeling on a water bottle could help the way prolonged heat and sun affect a lot of people.

If this wedding is at 9 am or dusk, it might be bearable, but otherwise you need to have another plan.

I live in Florida and most people here avoid the beaches and any outdoors activities from 11 am to 3 or 4 pm because it's completely miserable, and that's activities involving umbrellas and swimsuits, not just roasting watching a ceremony for half an hour.

Can you provide shade of some sort? A tent or umbrellas? I wanted an afternoon outdoor ceremony in Florida in May of next year. Being there in March of this year completely ruled that out. Incredibly too hot without providing some sort of shade.

Oh my goodness, I was being sarcastic! I would have sent someone to check on them during the ceremony or done so myself.

This is just asking for disaster. August is our rainy season here, and like clockwork, it POURS from about 3-5 every day. It is also smack dab in the middle of hurricane season. If you said 7:30 ceremony, I could see it. It's only May 2nd, and at 8:00am this morning it was 85 degrees. August is literal hell here. Please rethink this whole situation. Please have it indoors and spare yourself and your guests this. Do you really want frizzy hair and melted make up?

Not everyone handles the sun in the same way. I am generally unable to handle being in direct sunshine for more than about 20 minutes at a time. A bottle of water and a fan won't be able to combat the direct blast from the fiery ball of hatred in the sky.

At the very least, you should consider having shade available. Also, you may want to consider having drinks with electrolytes available, not just water.

My outdoor ceremony is at 11:00am in early June in VA, and even I have a back-up plan for the temperature being too humid or uncomfortable.

I understand that you want it to be your perfect day, but I think it would be marred more by people passing out or getting physically ill due to your decisions. I know I would probably remember the fainting guest or BM more than I would remember the vows or the pretty ocean view.

You can do what you want, but it's only fair to have some consideration for your guests who you have asked to attend and witness the occasion.

I can't believe someone actually tried to compare the heat in Arizona (with like 0% humidity) to Florida's heat (with about 99% humidity)

I went to a wedding in Orlando in I think April and it was really hot outside and the ceremony was less than half an hour. I live in Florida and honestly I wouldn't want to sit in a dress at the beach in the middle of summer. Also agree about rainy season. I am having my wedding outside, but in November so that the weather is more moderate and outside of the rainy season. Its good you are providing water, but I think shade would be better than that, but even in the shade its most likely still going to be extremely hot. I imagine you would also be sweating profusely in your dress and FH in whatever he is wearing.

Ignore tha haters. I'm getting married on the beach in Aug in FL too. I'm doing fans and water too. I don't wanna be out there any longer than possible so we kept the ceremony short and sweet.

@ Jennifer and OP. Are y'all from Florida? And is every single one of your guests from Florida and experienced with our heat?

Because if they are all knowledgeable about how miserable the weather is guaranteed to be (either oppressively hot or raining, there is no other option) then you can be unreasonable about your wedding and they can reasonably choose to decline or try to tough it out for you.

If this is a destination wedding or you have a lot of OOT guests, they probably won't understand how fucking terrible it actually is, and they won't expect you to be selfish enough to invite them down for a heat stroke for your special day.

You owe your guests an accurate picture of the weather and health risks, don't pretend it'll be "sunny with a wonderful ocean breeze"