wetsuit temps

mhb22 · Newbie Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 39 City: richmond

Just got an O'neill Hammer 3.2 full suit.

anyone know the temp ranges for most 3.2's?

it hink it should be near 55 or 60 degrees. trying to get out next weekend. water temp was 53 degress yesterday at my spot.

Improvise · Criminal Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 66 City: Columbia

I don't know the ranges, but @ 50's it's kinda cool but it better than the 40's that showed up after January. The water is right at 60 to the south of you.

mhb22 · Newbie Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 39 City: richmond

might wait one more weekend. but really excited. are gloves worth it or no?

LFADAM · Posted: Apr 17, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

mhb22, go for it man! Youll be fine, Ive gone riding in a 2/1 shorty in 50 degree water. It was chilly but I survived. And gloves are only worth it if the air is 45 degrees or under and even then theyre a pain.

martin pearce · Criminal Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 53

yer avoid gloves at all costs. major hassel i find

blaydeman · Outlaw Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 119

Warm Water 75°- 85°1/2mm to 3mm (1/8 inch)
FOR SCUBA DIVING OR SNORKLING IN SUCH AREAS AS:
Florida, Texas, Cozumel, Bonaire, Cayman, Belize, Hawaii, Sea of Cortez, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Sipidan, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Seychelles, the Mediterranean and warm waters throughout the world.
For cooler times of the year, deeper diving or extended dive vacations:
Add a beanie, 3mm hood or even a 3mm hooded vest
Add a 3mm Shorty over a polyolefin, Trilam, polar fleece or Lycra jumpsuit
Use a 3mm two-piece wetsuit
Add a 3mm tunic over a 1/2mm to 3mm jumpsuit

Temperate Water 60°- 75° 4mm to 6mm (3/16 inch)
FOR SCUBA DIVING OR SNORKLING IN SUCH AREAS AS: Red Sea, Mexico –Pacific side, Southern Great Barrier Reef and temperate waters throughout the world.
For cooler times of the year, deeper diving or extended dive vacations:
Add a 3 to 5mm hood or even a 3 to 5mm hooded vest
Add a 3mm or 5mm two-piece wetsuit
Add a 3mm tunic over a 5mm jumpsuit

Cold Water 45°-60° 6.5mm to 7mm (1/4 inch)
FOR SCUBA DIVING OR SNORKLING IN SUCH AREAS AS: California, Oregon, Washington, New York, the Great Lakes, New England states, Northern Europe and colder waters throughout the world.
For cooler times of the year, deeper diving or extended dive vacations:
Add a 5 to 7mm hood or even a 5 to 7mm hooded vest
Use a 5mm, 6.5mm or even 7mm two-piece wetsuit
Add a 3mm tunic over a 7mm jumpsuit

blaydeman · Outlaw Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 119

thats a diving chart for when ur under water for extended periods of time.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

mhb22, you'll be fine. we ride early april (soon after the ice melts) in northern IN in 3/2 wetsuits. it's cold in the water, but once you're up, it's fine.

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

blaydeman, that chart has nothing to do with wakeboarding. If you were in a wetsuit in 75 degree water you would be laughed off the lake.

youll be plenty warm with a full suit in those temps.

blaydeman · Outlaw Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 119

dpcj2 · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 30 City: Burlington

Even when the water is fairly warm, I like to use a shorty. Why not be comfortable. Granted if it is really warm, I don't use one. Up in Vermont, a wetsuit deffinately extends the season on both ends. We still had ice on the lake up until recently.