Soggy
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Where the hell is that?
What do you consider cold?
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Where the hell is that?
Soggy
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42 degrees is the coldest I've done...I was dry, but numb lips aren't much fun. Somewhere around 45 degrees the water becomes much much more tolerable. I don't think I want to get below 40 degrees unless it's some really good diving. Even so, I marked 50 degrees as cold. My body knows when I've hit a thermocline that breaks 50 F...which is quite frequently out here and in the freshwater lakes of NY/VT. Lake Champlain was 48 degrees in June at 65 feet.
Our high is about 70-75 °F in the summer and about 50° below the thermoclines.
winter about 34 -38° F is routine.
Spring time and fall 45 -55° F is routine.
Mike D
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winter about 34 -38° F is routine.
Spring time and fall 45 -55° F is routine.
Mike D
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That was in Palau, at the dive site Blue Corner
landlocked
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AaronBBrown nailed it for me. Below 50 becomes a short dive.
sheck33
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as mentioned already, for me, anything less than body temperature is cold :cold:
i get so cold so quickly it isnt even funny ;-0
i get so cold so quickly it isnt even funny ;-0
Soggy
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Get a dry suit or a real thick wetsuit. I get cold easily, too, but am fine in the cold New England ocean with my drysuit (which isn't always so dry).
sheck33
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i HAVE a drysuit, dryhood & drygloves
what i need is a submarine
AltonK
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Well I used to be a florida wuss below 70, I didn't get in. Then I spent some time in Jersey and my friends told it was either a dry suit or concrete booties. I opted for the drysuit and haven't found the limit yet. I'm going to try Canada Ice diving this winter.
Back in '94 I had to Dive in Long Island sound in the middle of january(had to re anchor a few docks at my friends marina).. It was one of the copldest winters I could remember.. The water(very salty) was slushy on the surface and my dive computer showed 27 degrees.. Its an experience I don't wish to repeat.. I've done plenty of diving in the mid 30s and it never bothered me... a few degrees can really make a differance..
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