Which is gonna be the better day for the manasquan inlet in nj, saturday or sunday? Saturday looks to be big but choppy and then sunday looks clean but smaller. The inlet usually takes away most of the chop but if i have to choose the best day, which should i choose?
I have the day off Monday so I'm thinking about the three hour drive to the beach. Will a 3/2 be ok and will I need booties? I am hoping its not too sloppy, although the forecast deteriorated a little today.
the water is starting to decline pretty quickly, allthough its still definitely unseasonably warm. During the Noel swell, I was pretty cold at times with the 3/2 no boots. I'd bring the booties along if you have them.
i was wearing a 3/2 with booties and gloves for the noel swell and got cold after about 2 and a half 3 hours but i get cold easily lol
i'd prob rock a 4/3 if I had one right now.. pending on air temps and wind. The wind is what made it really cold this past saturday.
I'd go with a 5mm and 3/2 boots for the weekend because again with the air temps and wind speeds. Otherwise a 3/2 and/or booties would've be fine. Noel dropped the temps pretty quickly with the NE winds so....otherwise it'd still be like mid-high 60s!
Even though the water is still hovering around 60 degrees, the air is gonna be in the low 50's on Monday. That's gonna cut through a 3/2 when the wind blows. Unless you have a really good suit with an insulator, I would think a 4/3 is the call. On the other hand, with the warm water you could probably get away with only 3 mil boots and 3 mil gloves. Depending on what time I paddle out on Sunday I may try my psycho 2 3/2 with insulator and no gloves, but I expect to get pretty chilly. If I go out early I'll be wearing the 4/3 with gloves.
Boots, Gloves? TRUNK IT MAN, THE WATERS STILL WARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA 4/3 or good 3/2 and boots should suffice.
I rock a leaky 4/3. Sealed enough to keep me warm, but just enough holes to cool me off. Time to start the Christmas list.
All I've got is a crappy 3/2 and some booties. I am thinking that if things look nice and clean, I'm making the drive for one last paddle out before I pack it in for the winter. I am 6'4" @260lbs and it was hard enough finding a XXXL 3/2. I've never seen a thicker wetsuit in that large a size. If I get in and get cold, well that's better than staying home and painting the dining room Monday which is what my wife has planned for me.
O'Neil Psycho 2 and Mutant 4/3s are available in 3XL, but you'll have to order it from an authorized dealer. Typically they can have it within a week or so unless it's on backorder. You likely wont find a shop with one that size in stock, but ordering is a rather painless process. I had to order my psycho 2 6/4 in medium because I couldn't find anyone who carried it. http://www.oneill.com/mens-products.php?sport=surf&categoryID=-1&typeID=20&seriesID=40&id=246 http://www.oneill.com/mens-products.php?sport=surf&categoryID=-1&typeID=20&seriesID=116&id=878
Thanks for the info. I was looking around on O'neill's site after I made the post and saw that I could order a 4/3 in my size. Now there is the little nagging problem of my lousy (non-existent) surfing ability. Its one thing to get worked in warm water, quite another to get worked in frigid water.
If you learn in a 4/3 with boots and gloves you'll surf alot better when the water is warm enough to board short it.
i just went down to the beach, water cooled down a lot last week!! i was planning on 3/2 boots and gloves for sunday, but this **** is COOOOLD, i wish i had a 4/3 might have to go in my 5/4 and get ridiculed micah what do you think is the better spot for sunday, monmouth county or LBI? cant decide where to surf
3/2? In the AM 4/3 booties and gloves for me. the best part is putting it all back on again in the afternoon.
The forcast keeps getting smaller... hopefully it'll hold at waist to chest high. Once the gloves go on I'm not really a fan of anything overhead anyway.
