Water temp is like 65 degrees in the middle of july. I went out in trunks and froze my toes off. I put the 3/2 away for the year and now I'm getting it back out? The same thing happened last year! Enough of this cold water, we get cold in the winter!
I noticed Surfline showing mid 60's for the water here, but SI and others still showing in the 70's. If its really going to be waist plus and clean for two days straight then I'll take the 3/2 all day long.
The scary thing about upwellings down here in Florida is they bring in the big sharks that are usually out deep: Lemons, Hammerheads, Tigers. They follow the kingfish and wahoo that get pushed into shallower water and sometimes they get bored and do a drive by along the shallows and the beaches. Especially up in Port Fierce, Vero and Sebastian.
Micah can correct me if I am wrong, but this is because SI's water temps are pulled from the Buoys. Water temp is about the only piece of buoy data that is incorrect. Before I found a water temp variable source that was inshore, I used to seasonally add something into my algorythm like this: $Actual-Water-Temp = $BUOYTEMP - 4; Because on average, in the spring and summer, the buoy down here runs about 4 degrees warmer than the nearshore temp. It maxes out midsummer here at 85-86, at the buoy and inshore so: if $BUOYTEMP >=84 Skip Buoy Adjustment...... Always get your water temp data from an inshore, local source. Local lifeguard stations are best.
And it's strange, the water here is actually warmed than it is in central FL. Not in the winter, but in the summer.
Been using my 2/2 long sleeve spring...IMO, perfect for upwelling which happens often in the ocmd area during the summer. I have a short sleeve full, but for whatever reason, my arms get dam cold...but from the knee cap down, totally fine in my long sleeve spring. Down here in the obx now...like bath water, tho it's blowing pretty good out of the ssw right now.
A 14yr old boy got pinched last week at NSB, messed his foot up but will be ok, think that's 5 this year, nothing too serious but would suck to be them
Very good to know since i'm going down to OBX 19th-26th... (I know, I know... Tourism... You probably hate it. I would.) Today in MD it was 58 degrees but I still saw people trunkin it.
Its been like 58-63 in south jersey for the past 2 weeks. After this cold winter we had I'm done with wetsuits. I've just been wearing board shorts since the beginning of may. But thats just me since I never get cold.
I did the 3/2 today but it really wasn't THAT bad. I think on a hotter sunnier day a spring suit would have been fine.
Bros there's no way the water was 56 or above tonight. NFW. When you walked down the dune the air went from low 70s and 100% humidity to at least 20 degrees colder and dry. There were 10 peeps at the spot and I didn't like that none too much but it was ok because 2 or 3 of them was wahines that liked to make eye contact and give smiles and ask if I was cold in my trunks. Bro, my skin was stinging. Not the skin on my forehead. The skin on my feet and shins and man parts. This is July. I'm not supposed to withstand second-degree burns to the junk stepping into liquid. You walked down the hill and the air went arctic. The upwelled ocean had cooled off the whole air temp on the beach. It was creepy man. Went a lil like this: BROHAN ON BEACH Spicoli, derr...what the science, bruh? You looked all creeped out!! SPICOLI (Turns to Brohan with pure contempt and disgust) Bro. My man parts are frozen, bro. My core temp isn't even low right now and I'm not hypo...but my effin' neuticles are in my intestines and my Johnson is frostbit. BROHAN ON BEACH (With a quizzical look) Why don't you trow on a wetty, bruh?!?! SPICOLI (Looking even more disgusted) Bro, do you even surf?
