Hood, Gloves, Boots - NJ

You need too busy them out when you start feeling cold and it interferes with your surfing. What you need depends on when you ate going to surf. By January in Jersey you need at least 5/4 suit with a good and I always used 7mm mitts and boots. But in November and March, that might feel like overkill. Comfort=$$.

 

in general; or at least in new jersey:

50 gloves
55 boots....

 

The 4/3 thin boots and thin gloves will be going on really soon. I'd rather be a little too warm than a little too cold.

 

you can put the 6/5 on now and 7mm boots gloves

 

i saw a guy during the gonzalo swell rocking a hooded suit w/ boots. i didn't know whether to laugh or cry. kooks like that used to be an exclusively west coast problem, but the infection is spreading faster & faster every year.

 

I sadly had a suit with a hood on but its because its a xcel 4/3 and I wear it into December anyway.. ahhhhhhhhhhh love looking kooky

 

between the air & water temps that weekend, no way you weren't overheating in that. hell, i was too warm in my 3/2 friday morning.

 

Pretty sure I saw you in the line up on 11th st jetty that weekend. And I saw a bunch of dudes rocking booties that weekend most of them did have new york plates and tribal tattoes though...

 

Im still rockin boardshorts and rashy...... you kooks.

 

I'm still paddling out naked.

 

In my experience...


Thanksgiving

 

Gonzalo was def warm, I just wore a springsuit and was fine all day. Everyone else I saw were in full suits. I did see one or two guys out in just shorts.

 

i was wading last night fishing up to my waist in boardies. water is till above 60. will prob cool off after the blow this weekend.

 

It all boils down to how cold you are and how bad the water temp affect you . Since you said you snowboard mostly in the winter and surf a few times outa the winter I would just get 5 mil boots and gloves. They will keep you warm enough for a while but not like 7mil's would and be over kill for this time of year. I like the Drylocks from Xcel never had a issue with them

 

11st? Not sure where that is I surfed the dog beach jetty in asbury then bayhead in the evening

 

already in a 6/5 with 7 mil lobster mitts and boots. i gets real cold. i def was that kook. i dont have the cash flow to accessorize this year. get the thickies and by the time the water warms up they should start leaking, and it evens out.

but i wear a vest with a hood with even my 4/3, which decided to leak this year and became irrelevant.

 

Gonalzo

 

totally agree... friday i went out in trunks and a long sleeve rash guard but was a little cold. saturday i wore a springy suit and sunday i went to a 3/2 for the first time this year... enjoying the warm water while it's still here. compared to early march the waters piss warm

 

totally agree... friday i went out in trunks and a long sleeve rash guard but was a little cold. saturday i wore a springy suit and sunday i went to a 3/2 for the first time this year... enjoying the warm water while it's still here. compared to early march the waters piss warm