How long will I last in my 4/3 Wetsuit?

if your tolerant to cold water and the suit is tapped and sealed i dont see what not?

 

I've done it the last 6 years, I got a real good 4/3 and never bothered with the 5 mil. The key is 7 mil booties and good pair of gloves. Just sucks when windy, I rather be more flexible than warm.

 

till you get cold

 

couldnt see why not...when i was younger...that was my winter suit...4/3 and no where near the rubber technology of today. Those very cold and windy days can be tough and may shorten your session.

 

How long can I last in my girlfriend with a 3/2 guys? Because i've been sweating to much in my 5/4 and she doesn't like that. But i don't want to be cold and catch the shrinkage Nahmean? but on a real note Njsurfer hit the nail on the head man. Wear what you got and you will find out it's as simple as that.

 

My wife says I last plenty long going bare...

 

I don't know.

I think you should ask for a wetsuit for Christmas.

 

4/3 Oneill Mutant is all I wear all winter. Good call above on 7 mil boots. Sounds like ya have thick skin so get out in the water and surf til ya shrink up dude......frigg

 

The more often you surf in really cold water, the more you get used to it. Keep your core temp down by surfing maybe 2 days a week and you should be fine...but you're still going to need booties and probably a hood and gloves.

 

Is this really another thread about when, where, how, why , and what wetty to toss on your arse in which conditions, break, time zone, day of the week, and Chinese year of the (insert random animal)????

Hey, SI forum brah (and entourage of mods and other parental units) - is it trolling at this point if we hijack a repetitively threaded topic that forum kooks are bogarting your bandwidth through? Is it even possible to post anything justifiable in a court of brah as "jibber-jabber" or can we all agree that any such threads themselves be considered jibber-jabber (or J2 as Starchy calls it from his lifeproof bunker)?????

Did several forumites raid rcarter's fanny pack and steal his happy pills or something? Because FYI you thieves: those psychotropic biscuits act in the normal human brain as crazy pills. Let's not condone this nonsense any further.

FREE SEARCH FUNCTION AT THE TOP RIGHT OF EVERY PAGE ON THIS WHOLE EXCELLENT SITE. USE IT

 

When you brah feel the need feel the need to hear yourself speak brah and to reply in brah speak about the what you perceive is a beaten to death subject brah walk around the house brah until you find a bathroom. Look in there brah for a mirror and USE IT

 

what's really funny is i'm pretty sure emass used to get pretty bent out of shape when he started posting here & others suggested that he make use of the search function...

 

The problem with forum search functions is they require a certain number of characters in the search term and most members usually use acronyms for frequently used terms since they all know what they mean. It's not just this forum, it happens a lot. Lots of questions on swellinfo about: CR, PR, DR, NJ, CA, FCS, DOH, etc. but good luck searching for it.

FYI - you can go to google and use "site:swellinfo.com" as one of the search terms in order to look up threads on abbreviated words.

 

I use my 4/3 all winter but I also have a longsleeve top with a hood. This gives me an extra layer. You might want to consider this option rather than buying a whole new suit, unless you have money to burn and want to support your local surf shop.

 

One of youse guys should write or right a book, " Wetsuits - All You Ever Need To Know"

Jersey's a funny place. It can be 40-50(air - daytime highs) throughout most of the winter with 42-44 water temps

Or it can be 10 F with 34 F water temps.

I guess you gotta ax yourself and your 4 mil, "Is this my lucky winter?" Will it be one of those warm ones when a 4 mil is sufficient? Could be, then again, maybe it won't.

Plus, it's only at its worst January and February. December usually ain't too cold(relatively) and it starts to warm up as March marches. Ha, March marches......oh man that's so witty. So, you can make it with a four.

Keep a flask of good drinking whiskey in your glove compartment(tell the police it's strictly for surfing purposes) and take a big swig or two before paddling out. When you get too cold head in. If you're getting too cold before becoming surf satisfied get a thicker suit.

When will 7 mil gloves become the rage? Everybody seems so crazy aboot the 7 mil boots. Ah millimeters, you rapscalions. How doth ye affect the lives of thou. Such a small measurement yet so consequential. Mercutio, Ho ! Mercutio, Ho !!

 

Let's not even debate the search function, how about reading the threads that are on page 1 of the thread titles? There's currently THREE THREADS trending that all are asking/answering the same damn repetitive wetty questions.

Then again, the weather really is changing. goosemagoo, can I wear white after Labor Day? njsurfer42, what heavy-duty men's footwear is en vogue this fall/winter fashion season? I'd consult my local NFL quarterback but he's out of his mind metro and Doug says the NFL sucks anyway.

 

Once upon a time, a man went for a run. He ran with a lot of clothing on. He got hot. The man was perplexed by this conundrum...

How can I be hot when it is cold? he asked himself.

12,000 years later, his species figured that if you wear some clothing and move around a lot, he stayed relatively warm until movement stopped.

If its windy and you can catch waves (don't know if you can/can't whatever maybe you shred or died after the last post and I am the last member and now talk to myself), chances are, you will paddle more. Take this formula to heart

The square root (i.e. this symbol kind of)----) of Air temp + water temp = wetsuit thickness.

Wind speed in knots = number of strokes per minute (SPMs) needed to maintain consciousness, warmth or percieved "warmth"

Check this and more in chapter 978 of my book "Why Wetsuits Work"

 

I have a fun wetsuit story since this is a fun wetsuit thread. (disclaimer: Don't do drugs)

A few years back my buds and I had a little session and afterwards we were kicking it in the parking lot at croatan. My buddy casually pulls out a bag of mushrooms and we all munch down without a second thought. About an hour in I'm sweating (and tripping) balls and I realize that I am still in my wetsuit (mind you we have walked about a mile or so from croatan to the jr market, I remember none of this journey). That is when sh*t took a turn for the worse. I suddenly got a big sense of urgency to get the F**k out of that wetsuit. I spent what must have been a solid 20 minutes attempting to get out of it, to no avail. I finally ended up getting part of it stuck in the door of the ice cooler outside of the jr market and basically sprinted out of the wetsuit, leaving it shredded and trashed in the mr cool machine. Now I am naked (and tripping) and in a rather well lit parking lot in virginia beach oceanfront at about 7pm and my friends are nowhere in sight when I hear someone calling my name. It is a dude that I grew up with and hadn't seen in years. (I have no idea how long I had been chillin' naked in the parking lot) I had a really weird conversation with him about how I lost my friends and about my ****ing wetsuit. He seemed surprisingly understanding and ended up giving me a ride home. My girlfriend (now wife) lets my naked gonzo eyed ass inside and starts to give me the 5th degree about being such a weirdo, and where are my clothes, car, etc. Good times.

 

^^^^That is absolutely f**king hilarious Lee, glad it all worked out for ya.