Portuguese Man-o'war season in SE Florida?

[Tom Winters]

when you say skin suit, does that exclude a neoprene 3 mm wetsuit or does any suit (lycra skin or regular neoprene wetsuit) constitute adequate protection?

A 3mm suit is fine - some people don't want to wear any kind of wet suit when the water gets warmer - so a skinsuit is the minimum protection.
In the summer in less than 100', a 3mm can get pretty warm underwater. I wear a 1mm and there are days in the summer when I get warm in it, although not lately.

 

[MikeJacobs]

A 3mm suit is fine - some people don't want to wear any kind of wet suit when the water gets warmer - so a skinsuit is the minimum protection.
In the summer in less than 100', a 3mm can get pretty warm underwater. I wear a 1mm and there are days in the summer when I get warm in it, although not lately.

IM*V*HO I'd recommend skins during that time of year here as long as you aren't hypersensitive to cold. You're more likely to trap something nasty in your wet suit when you "vent" it like I do occasionally to cool down or rinse it out after warming it up lol.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Only time I have been stung by sea lice was when I was wearing skins.

 

[MikeJacobs]

Only time I have been stung by sea lice was when I was wearing skins.

No, Jenny, your old thread-bare wetsuit does NOT count as skins lol...