surfing no wet suit??

[lostintubes]

So the past 2 days i have surfed all 6 or 7 sessions no wetsuit and its june? All i can say is that i am so stoked that finally warm water is here. i was wearing a wet suit in july last summer. So amen to summer finally being here!!

[jettyhead]

+1
cheers to trunkin' it

[matt720]

i agree! last year cold water was here late...

[surfde]

cheers brothas. last august i was in a 3/2 some dawn patrols

[austin]

dont forget we've had a nice little N/NE wind the last few days...its not totally trunkable yet..

[schrader]

dawn patrol=wetsuits for now

[JMD]

So the past 2 days i have surfed all 6 or 7 sessions no wetsuit and its june? All i can say is that i am so stoked that finally warm water is here. i was wearing a wet suit in july last summer. So amen to summer finally being here!!

6 or 7 sessions in 2 days? What, have you been surfing for a hour a session or something? and 58 deg water in NJ is not even close to trunk able unless you are 400 pounds or doing those one hour sessions .

[aka pumpmaster]

yeah sat morning i did 5 hours (5 am to 10) at cape May and it was 3/2 for sure. In the afternoon with blazing sun I wore my 2mm ss fullsuit and was comfy. not sure about trunking it tho.

[jettyhead]

delaware is 64degrees with the air at 80 degrees, trunks work fine

[RobfromFredneck]

Its all relative to how your cold tolerance level is (everyone is different) vs. how much you hate wresling in and out of your wetsuit vs. how much of a tough-guy personna you want to demonstrate to others. Personally, I'm a wuss and don't care what others think and hate being cold, so I wear a wetsuit for any dawn patrol all summer long (actually I really need to buy a new springsuit shorty but my full suit still feels better than trunking it). I'll trunk it when water temps are above 70 + sunny/hot afternoons....so that's like around a 4 week window each year at best! I still prefer the rubber barrier though as it keeps the bumps, bruises, scraps, cuts, rashes, jellyfish stings, sore ribs etc. reduced as well. I'm a freak (kook if you wish) and actually am probably one of the few surfers whom prefer wearing rubber on the feet over bare feet.