Wetsuits and Water temps

[bbnj]

same here. too cold for me with a 3/2 so i went with my 5/3 (dont own a 4/3). i went with booties for comfortability and hands and head were fine for an hour+. mightve been just because the NE swell, but probably gonna stick with 5/3 and booties for a little depending on the day.

NE swells make the water warmer...

[mofosurfer.com]

I'm just curious... at what temp do most of you guys start breaking out the gloves?

I ask because here in SoCal (venura) where the water drops down to a bone chilling 50ish degrees mid winter I will see guys sporting gloves and really I dont get it.....

[pvjumper05]

NE swells make the water warmer...

oh, disregard that then. it just seemed like the water was extra cold this weekend

[mitchell]

I'm just curious... at what temp do most of you guys start breaking out the gloves?

I ask because here in SoCal (venura) where the water drops down to a bone chilling 50ish degrees mid winter I will see guys sporting gloves and really I dont get it.....

I would say thats pretty typical for the east coast. i'll be wearing my 3 mm gloves once the water gets below 55, and 5 mm gloves once its below 45-50.

difference between us and you guys might be air temps tho - we're getting daytime air temps in the 40s or lower by the time the water drop to 50 around new years.

[mofosurfer.com]

I would say thats pretty typical for the east coast. i'll be wearing my 3 mm gloves once the water gets below 55, and 5 mm gloves once its below 45-50.

difference between us and you guys might be air temps tho - we're getting daytime air temps in the 40s or lower by the time the water drop to 50 around new years.

I agree with you completly regarding the air temp. 50 degree water and we could have 65 degree day. Booties, yeah.. I can see that.. but gloves? Nope. I just hate dealing with them.