What sort of weather's still comfortable in a 2/1 wetsuit??

ediotism · Outlaw Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 124

the weather's gotten all cold where i am, but a new cable park's JUST opened and i don't want to wait till the next warm weather months. If i go tho i'll have to take the missus and she's not a big fan of the cold, so my question is, what sort of weather is fine for a 2mm body/1mm sleeve wetsuit to wakeboard in?? thanks everyone

da Liks · Addict Joined: 22 Aug 2010 Posts: 594

that's not a lot of protection man.. prolly for a good spring day..

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Nov 12, 2011 10:14 pm Post subject:

is this a full suit (covers all of arms and legs) or just a spring suit (1/2 sleeves / arm)?

I'd say in a full you could probably go down to 60 water temp, roughly the same air temp, spring suit.. not quite that far.

With a 4/3 full I can and do ride down to under 50 water temp air temps whatever been in sub 40's with it.

Never worn a full 2/1 so I can't really say. If it's a spring suit, forget it you won't get much extra protection at all.

ediotism · Outlaw Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 124

it's 2/1 with long sleeves for the arms and covers down to the thighs. Only the chest area has that plastic-ky material on the outside to help prevent interflowing water. i wear a pair of surf shorts on the outside plus a comp vest to look less weird Laughing

wore it yesterday with around 55 watertemp, it was bearable - and then i added my rashguard underneath and it was much nicer.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Nov 16, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject:

Good man, then you're not a wussy. I always have to give higher numbers because I have a friend that I told I ride my wetsuit in the low 40's and he freaks out in the 50's