Does anyone else HATE the cold?

I wouldnt say I hate the cold, I actually really like winter but I'm in the same boat as you. I'm small and skinny and get chilly pretty easily when I'm out in the water. I wore a short sleeve full almost all summer in NJ, mostly because I would surf DP and the air doesn't really warm up until the sun comes up.

I'm good in my 3/2 now though, it all depends on how nice your suit is and how well it fits, it'll be a while before I break out the 4/3, the waters still nice and warm...

 

nope...but i'm a bigger guy w/ a bit of "padding" to help keep me warm. but i never really minded the cold, even when i was younger & thinner. the air temp the past few days (& the wind yesterday) was pretty surprising, considering last week i was in a wetsuit top & trunks. those are packed away now, & i've got my 3/2 out...i think if the air were a touch warmer, i'd still be able to get away w/ a longsleeve spring or shortsleeve full.

 

open your clam

Seems like your clam is a little tight.

maybe a flathead to pry it open?

maybe a better wetsuit?

you may have to have your clam slammed to break it open.

 

no... definitely not

 

I don't mind that cold that much. As long as you have a good sealed seam wetsuit. I wear underarmour under my 4/3 and it gets me threw the winter. As long as its above 35 air temp. Im going to get a 5/4 with attached hood this year. I won't get in freezing conditions anymore. Atleast i say that now haha. If its offshore and chest to head with workable walls i have to get in.

 

The cruel irony is frigid water/air temps always seem to equal good consistent waves... The water seems so much heavier and harder in winter even the gentle slopes of AI get nasty and being out alone w/ not a soul on the beach even can get sketchy. But if ur gonna say you surf...

 

Brand new to this forum but I just wanna throw in my opinion. Surfing in the cold sucks. I usually don't get in the water from early November till April. Those guys who go out in 30 degree temps are nuts man. Just not worth it. The winter is time for getting fat and staying inside playing some pong. haha

 

playin some beirut and listening to oar eh? east coast bro eh?

nothing wrong with throwing on some more rubber. if its firing, it doesn't matter how cold it is. the new wetsuits make it doable all year. nothing better than slamming into a tube before work in 38 degree water temps!

 

There is only one kind of tube I wanna be slamming into before work and it sure as hell isn't 38 degrees.

 

The less rubber the better.

 

ok... bareback with 2ft mush or 5/4 with head high hollow barrels???

 

and you are what we would call a summer surfer.. pretty much the same as not a surfer at all

 

Haha man so many innuendos so little time. Well I've never surfed bigger than waist high. I'm not a really good swimmer so I avoid big days. I would much rather be sitting on the beach with my board picking up honies than drowning in big surf. No thanks.

 

I'll take a 38 degree drainer over summer slop anyday of the week...

 

............. I have no words.....

 

Isn't surfing done in the summer? how is that a bad thing? Sounds like common sense to me. Also I have been to the beach in November. Not a single bikini in sight. Why would you wanna do that? Lame.

 

troll....ban this clown!

 

Love surfing in the Winter-Until I get back from my annual trip to Rincon, PR. Then it sucks. Mostly mental. I'd take Winter waves in a 5/4 over crowded Summer slop...

 

Why a ban man? I've been scoping this site for a while now and just now decided to join and within ten minutes of posting already a ban request. Geez. I was just trying to give my two cents that all. Surfing in the cold just doesn't sound fun. Does that make me any less of a surfer? I don't think so. And yes I have not been in big surf but to me surfing is about more than riding waves. Its also about the whole beach life i.e. the bonfires, playing guitar with some friends, fish tacos, etc etc. Man I thought surfers were understanding.