Water Temp

water is still cold, it is still March. 41.5 as of right now. not fun for very long without gear, if at all. buy the rubber while you are here, you might find a deal, maybe. shops should be clearing out inventory soon.

 

I tried going out without gloves and a hood back in Oct/Nov and I nearly cried. Good luck with going without them.. You might last 5 mins if you have the nads.

Do what Xgen said and do yourself a favor and buy at LEAST 5mm boots and 5mm gloves. I got the Rip Curl 3 finger mitts and they're damn near waterproof and warm.

When my hands go, I go.

 

dude without 5 mm glove, boots and atleast that in suit you screwwed right now
wait until atleast june to try 3mm
atleast for jersey

 

NJ here, I surfed in a 4mm for about 2 1/2 hours last sunday...

I was fine but I had on 5mm boots and 5mm gloves with a 3mm hood.

 

maybe for like 10-15 minutes.

 

i went out last saturday and my gloves are ****ty so my hands went after about 30 minutes. everything else was fine (wearing 5/3, with ****ty 5mm gloves and 3mm booties)

 

no. why be miserable???

 

Earliest I've gone no gloves/boot/hood in a 3/2 was end of April.

 

You can take rubber gloves and put your wetsuit over them. My friend did that once.

 

I lost a glove last winter during a big swell ( I think it was noel). I had another set of gloves, but one dry rotted. No money to buy new, so now I paddle around with one 3 mil webbed glove, and one 5 mil regular glove. Kinda sucks because one hand is cold and I keep swimming in circles.

 

If ur going to just buy the gear,You get 2 or 3 seasons out of it and you can stay out alot longer.VA beach last sun 5 hours .4/3 suit 3mil gloves 5mil boots. Just hit the water and do what we do.

 

looks like the water is finally beginning to warm up. oc md is showing 51 degrees and the OBX is right around there too. I can't wait to shed that rubber!

 

it says frisco and buxton is 65....is that the bouy? whats near shore?

 

hahahah whhhaaaatt. in early november its 3/2 and boots at the most. almost cried?.... waters still in the mid to high 50's.

 

I was about to say the same thing...

I remember last fall we got a very decent swell mid November and I was in a 3/2 with no boots/gloves/hood....

The walk from the street/beach to the water sucked though because the sand/street was really cold but the water was fine.

 

OCMD buoy now up to 57. Wish there were waves in the bay behind OC rolleyesther than that peeler next to the RT 50 bridge)