water temp last week in March

[scubamickey]

Isn't funny how different divers feel cold in the same waters that others feel comfy? I'm always cold on land but my cold nature hasn't transferred to tropical dives.
But that might change. I'll let you know if I get cold with my 3mm.

 

[ch0ppersrule]

my wetsuit is a 3-5-4 and I freeze in it. I will have to go to a 7mil this year. I wore the wetsuit all summer and still got cold. I don't think I would last doing cold water diving (cold water diving is anything less than 75--LOL).

Melissa

 

[Charlie99]

76F this morning at Ulua, on Maui.

Temps hit their lows fro the year at 74/75F a couple weeks ago, and are now inching back up.

The water around Maui is pretty well stirred up and mixed, so the temp at 130' is pretty much the same as at the surface.

 

[Charlie99]

wow thats cold, i thought that was nice and toasty. I thought it was so warm, I did five dives one day with dive oahu including a night dive in a pair of shorts. It was awesome, i love being able to dive without a wetsuit.

Temps in Hawaii don't have the dramatic seasonal changes you see in places like Florida and Caribbean. Generally only +/-5F or 6F from 79F.

 

[awall54308]

Last year we dove in Kauai in late march and early april. Water temps at 60 feet were 73-74. I thought it was perfect wearing a 3mm suit.

 

[NW_DiverDude]

Diving in colder water on a routine basis does have it's advantages - sort of - at least when diving in Hawaii we can minimize our exposure suits.

Just returned yesterday (3/9/06) from a week of diving around Oahu and my 3/2 shorty with a dive skin underneath was just right. That was for 3~4 dives per day, 22 dives in all. Water temperature was typically between 74 and 76 degrees, including night dives. The only exception was a thermocline at one of the closer to shore reefs where the temp dipped to 71 degrees at around 40 fsw.