Whats the coldest water you've surfed in?

Its fresh stagnant river water. The ocean gets jet streams so it isnt all affected by the outside temperature.

 

the lowest ive been in has to be low 50s or high 40s water and a air temp of 30 mid winter i think. the surf wasnt that bad i just wanted to see the ocean so i went.

 

Smaller bodies of water such as rivers and bays will get colder much faster in the winter than larger bodies of water such as an ocean or a large lake. Just as they will warm up much faster in the summer.

 

yesterday chadwick was cold and good.
32 degree air and snowing.
surfed over 3 hours with nobody out.
warm suit,boots and gloves were great.
stoked in the cold again.

 

today is gonna be the coldest for me water temp 52 or dropping and snowing with wind chill of 27. hopefully my good old 4/3 and 5/4 booties and 2 mill gloves do the trick.

 

I would freeze out there with my stuff.

 

the coldest i've been was whatever yesterday was in manasquan. i was in for a little over 2 hours with a 4/3 and didn't shiver

 

thats because ledzep frak all of your gear is 3 mills thick or 2. and with me i dont have a hood so ill freeze a little bit but what ever im still going.

 

The water was in the low 40's. And, I was in a 4/3 as well. No issues. It was fun surfing glass in the snow.

 

I am wearing a 3/2 full suit and 5 mill booties and gloves and a hood in Belmar New Jersey.

 

Bullsh*t.

 

i aint kidding i am only wearing a 3/2 full suit 5 mill booties and gloves wit a hood.


and no its not bulls#it

 

Lol...but its dumb. Should get at least a 4/3... preferably a 5/4/3 or 6/5/4 for the winter... you'll thank yourself when you do.

 

I am getting a 5/4/3 next winter no need for it this winter.

 

More power to you my dude...but no need for it?!? It's ****ing 20 degrees out... get yourself a quiver of suits.

I have 2 spring suits, a 3/2, a 4/3 (that is old and worn out) and a 6/5/4.

 

I got like 4 or 5 wet suits.

 

You have 4 or 5 wetsuits but nothing thicker than a 3/2? That doesn't make sense to me.

 

i have a 4/3 spring suit. but only 3/2 full suits.

 

Really?

So, I am originally from MD. I used to go to OCMD all summer long. Can't say that I have ever been in the water there in the winter.

I live in San Diego now. I have for 7 years. I surf every day out here all year round. Winter is the best surf around here.

My girlfriend and I are thinking of moving back to the beach somewhere on the east coast (Mid-Atlantic) so we can be closer to our families in Baltimore.

Virginia Beach has caught my eye. Statistically, it gets more swell throughout the year than OCMD does.

But those 38 degree water temps in feb and march scare me. I know a lot of guys say "If your not a wuss, then you go out all year here"

But how true is that? I mean, in february/march, if a clean swell rolls through, how many guys are actually on it.

Seems crazy to me.

And I know that Wrightsville/Wilmginton stays up in the mid to high 40s at it lowest point. So, Wrightsville etc. caught my eye. But that is an extra 3 hours south of MD....

So, Is is thinkable to be a year round waterman in Virginia Beach? Or does every one hang up their 6mils once it breaks below 45 or so...??????

 

I have to make a correction here... VB doesn't get more swell than anywhere in the Mid Atlantic!! However you are a 1-2 hr drive from Hatteras, which is the claim to fame for virginia beach locals.