What are Panama City water temps in October?

[mike_s]

What are Panama City water temps in October?

What are typical wetsuits used then (shortie, 3mm full, 5mm full, etc)


Looking at coming down the 2nd weekend in October.

-mike

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Heh... I'd probably still be wearing a dive skin. Looking at my logbook from last year, Destin temps were in the low 80s/high 70s in early/mid Oct.

 

[Wayward Son]

Yep, I was fine in a 1mm skin or a 3/2 last october.

 

[Corigan]

End of October, 2004 - I dove PC with a 3mm and reef gloves and was comfy, no hood. I did however get a tad bit chilled at depth when on some of the bridgespans.

Matt

 

[mike_s]

Great! Thanks guys for the ultra-quick responses.

 

[Rick Murchison]

Usually stays warm enough for just a bathing suit (skin if you want) all the way through October. Last year we had four heat-eating tropical cyclones through the immediate area, so it cooled off a little by the end of the month.
Dennis was early enough that it shouldn't have any chilling effect, so unless we get anotuer storm in Sept/Oct the absolute max you'll need is a three mil.
Unless you're going deeper than 100' of course.
Rick