Cold Weather Surfing

[billie_morini]

This stoked young man has big brass balls.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gIYKifomKEo

[oldmansurfer]

If there's no wind and the session quick then the suffering is minimal, of course water temperature will make a difference too. There is danger of hypothermia but less so with an attached flotation device. Crazy guy but I might have done something like that when I was younger. When I went to school in Colorado, my first exposure to cold temperatures and snow, I ran out in the snow the first time it didn't melt immediately and built a snowman in my shorts and t-shirt and bare feet. It was something I always wanted to do and never thought about the gear required. My friends in the dorm laughed at me and locked the dorm door so I couldn't go inside but I had no intention of going inside. I built my snowman with my Hawaii weather clothing. By the time I was putting the nose on I could feel my feet starting to tingle but that was it and my friends were begging me to come back in but I had to finish it and put the nose on. No frost bite or discomfort other than tingling in my feet. I guess I was really fit and that helped but there was no wind and the air temperature didn't matter as I was generating heat moving around. I imagine though some people, maybe my current self, would die just getting in the water.

[billie_morini]

Now this is more like it. I'd love to be able to surf most of the time in bikini. I've only experienced warm water with no wetsuit a few times.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBvO2dU0vtA

[BoMan]

Haha!

In 53 degree water I wear a 5 mil wetsuit with a rashie and booties!

[billie_morini]

Haha!

In 53 degree water I wear a 5 mil wetsuit with a rashie and booties!

A 5 mm wersuit? Knowing you well I know there's not an ounce of fat on you. So, 5 mm makes sense.

When I lived in the region you do, I liked using a 4/3 mm suit with a sleeveless rash guard and O'Neil thermal shorts underneath. Also liked thin booties and very thin hood.

[Naeco78]

NJ peeps are crazy. A couple years ago i saw something about him surfing bareback every day thru the winter. Water temps are usually in the upper 30's in mid winter here. Crazy. A group of locals do a plunge at my local every winter. I dont even wanna go in with 5mil+