I need help with some temperature and wetsuit stuff.

[llabteksab53]

Alright. i'm planning to go in 61-62 degrees fahrenheit water with a rashguard and boardshorts..how long will i last? i'm only gonna be at the beach for 3 hours and i probably will be in the water atleast 2 of those hours..will it help if i wear two rashguards..one on top of each other? oh and i'm fifteen..so i'm pretty young and have a lot of energy..

[PapaW]

Well... me i'd be in a state in a few mins :p esp if there's alot of waiting.

Two rashies will help for sure but a shortie wetsuit woule be best.

[llabteksab53]

i wish i had a shortie wetsuit. haha but thanks..theres not normally a lot of people surfing here, so i won't be waiting much..i'll deff. wear two rashguards then..


oh and 61-62 degrees fahrenheit is about 16-17 degrees celsius..for all you celsius people.


oh and the air temp is supposed to be like 90 degrees fahrenheit (32 degrees celsius)..would that make a difference

[PapaW]

For sure, Air temps going to help avoid that chill.

In that case just the double rashies will do well I should imagan. But I bet you get the freshness every time you duck or wipout after warming up in the air :p

Where are you going btw... not many places with warm air and cold water..

[Broosta]

Well I just surfed Fistral (Newquay, UK) in boardies and a rashie this weekend just gone. I only hired a board and rashie for 1hr each day and on the first day it was totally warm enough but on the second day it was a bit too cold cos of more wind and less sun - water temp was about 16/17 degrees C.

If its gonna be windy then a rashie (assuming its just made of lycra and not neoprene) sucks due to wind chill factor - and not convinced 2 lycra rashies would be any better .