watertemperature? When would you say it is too cold?

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

Hi!

I'm wakeboarding in Sweden and right now it's like 60 F in the water here.
(well it's like 60 F in the air as well...)
Yesterday I was out wakeboarding without a wetsuit and thought it started to get cold.
When would you say it is too cold to wakeboard without a wetsuit and when is it to cold to wakeboard even with a wetsuit?

I'm just trying to figure out when my season has to come to an end... Smile

Mike

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

You can probably still go in 60 F, I'd say once you get in the water and you're absolutely freezing even with a wetsuit then it's over. But this is my first season, so other people will have better advice here.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 8:00 am Post subject:

never

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

When the combined air and water tempertaure doesn't go above 100 degrees.
Then it would be wetsuit time, but here in Central FL they start wearing a drysuit when the water temp drops when into the 60's Laughing

Drysuit when it's ice and snow time. Wink

Firebush · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 8:07 am Post subject:

When it's ice. Dry suits and wetsuits my man.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Hmm.... well I ride for fun, and when I'm freezing my ass off to the point that I don't want to ride because it's not fun anymore then I stop. Rolling Eyes

I once went really late in the season and when I got out I was having trouble breathing, so that's probably an indicator too.

khill12 · Outlaw Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 109 City: Madison

i would say when after you ride for 15 minutes and u can't feel your legs or arms. thats when i quit

Wolf · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 8:30 am Post subject:

I usually bail out at 50F. I need to get a drysuit so I can keep on going until the lake freezes...

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

im in texas hehe the water never goes below 60 but for me being used to 90 degree water its cold

chriscut · Outlaw Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 200

its allways summer inside of a dry suit Laughing

I never stop wakeskating. I actually like it when the water is cold... all of the weekend warriors who throw power turns all day long stay off the water.

MinnesotaBoarder · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 139

When the water freezes over! just kidding i know u can get hypothermia in any water under 70degrees. but a good wet suit should keep u warm.

kyle · Guest

anything under 70 is when i stop progressing and it becomes not so fun for me

Natman · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 873 City: Eddy TOWN

i was surfing with just a vest and shorts yesterday in 60 water and 64 air. That was cooooold. Plus the water was like 80 in the summer so yea, bit of a shocker

LoudonTN · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 11:18 am Post subject:

I go by the 100 point rule

water temp + air temp > 100, for me to ride.

david-d · Guest

kyle, same here

jpminter · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 11:38 am Post subject:

i too abide by the 100 degree rule.

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

in wisconsin we say quit the day after the first day it snows cause that means there's more coming. im still riding up north without my wetsuit and that water is not above 70.

ragtopdave06 · Criminal Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 61 City: Winston-Salem

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

Well here in Sweden the water peaks at about 72 degrees at most and that will only last a couple of weeks. The rest of the year it is below 70 degrees, so if I didn't wakeboard in below 70 degrees water I wouldn't have much of an wakeboarding season.
Actually last time I rode was the first time I stuck a w2w 3', before I have only done it one wake. I also got my first BS 1' out in the flats. Very Happy

So I'm still progressing in 60 degree water! Cool

Right now my goal with this season is to be able to try my new Watson 138 with LE watsons and my accurate A-line with premier handle. The problem is that these things are at my pal's house in Atlanta and won't get here for another 2 months.
By then I guess the water will be 50 degrees or less, but I hope to be able to do it with a good wetsuit... otherwise I will have to try to hook me up with an old friends drysuit.. Very Happy

By the way... any suggestions about which wetsuit to get? I'm looking for a wetsuit that will keep you warm in cold waters and that would be good for wakeboarding. Not prohibit my flexibility et cetera..

Mike

Greg Smith · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

yeah i like the fact that when it gets a little bit later in the season, there is not as much boat traffic. i have a 7mm wetsuit and it works great. got it from a scuba shop.

jjaszkow · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject:

60 water and 60 air for me. Yesterday I was riding at 55 air and ~65 water and my wife and mother-in-law were a bit concerned. Wife (driver) has ankle surgery in 2 days, so it's probably the end of the season for me.

wakelover11 · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

32 degrees is too cold for wakeboarding, baby. if you love the sport, you wont care how cold it is

Xanadu · Outlaw Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 129 City: Ottawa

Today I went out and the air temperature was 50. the water was slightly warmer, its only noticebly cold with a wetsuit, when you get back into the boat. Im gonna go, till its so cold i cant breath anymore.

pilot_ryder · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

when its ice its time to pack up and wait till next year, which for me is comming soon Sad

Xanadu · Outlaw Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 129 City: Ottawa

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

the only thing that really limits you are cold feet. its possible to survive in any water if you are outfitted properly but since bindings limit your ability to wear booties you cant ride in water that is insanely cold.

wake_quake · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

in the winter where i live the air warms up to about 75f but drops to about 41f during the night. its not too bad if u wakeboard in the middle of the the day cause the sun warms u up. in summer its about 100 during the day and about 71 at night.

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

well in december-januari it might get down to about 0 degrees and will definitly go below 32 degrees almost every day. Air temperature of course...
I can't really see my self wakeboarding in a dry suit but I will buy a wet suit soon. Probably like 5mm.

Mike

WakeBoarder44 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 1107

I figured out that 60F is 15,5Celcius.. that's way to cold, even with a wetsuite (for me)

17C (=63F) is the min temp, which is still pretty cold to me...
After 15mins, my feet are freezing aff...

we still have a few weeks to go, but it's going colder here now
today it's 26C (=80F)

the season ends here around October 15th Crying or Very sad

Time to wax the snowboards again Smile

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

I talked to my cusin about this and her new boyfriend apparently go surfing in north west of england even in december. Below 32 degrees in the air and about 40 degrees in the water... with just a wetsuit... Very Happy

So I guess it can be done...

The1fromGunn · Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 8 City: Alberta Beach

biglouie · Outlaw Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 135

In Wisconsin, we stop going when you can't get the boat in the water because the edges of the shore start to freeze over...OK, actually around the end of September. Have to pick and choose your days in September because there aren't many warm ones.

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

biglouie, its not that cold in mosinee lol. im planning to go riding till the end of october to keep me busy until skiing unless it snows.

LFADAM · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

Now that I have a drysuit...any water is fine as long as its not frozen. The problem is air because your hands are exposed and if you have gloves theyre still wet and the wind makes them cold. My hands swelled up so bad when it was 45 air and water that I couldnt pass the handle on my 3s. (Yes my hands swell when its freezing idk why) Id like air to be above 45 but as long as its over 20 ill go if im desperate.

Before last year, I had a shorty wetsuit/springsuit and I rode as long as the water was 48 or above and air above 50. No joke, when your addicted enough, its worth it.

Grace B. · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject:

My lake is usually only between 65-67 all summer, so 70 degrees feels really warm to me! I usually wear a wetsuit top even during the summer if the outside air is cold, yes I'm a wuss. I wear a full wetsuit at like 60 degrees and below, usually in the Spring at my lake, it doesn't start warming up till mid-June.