Dive suit hip boots?

[Blkcloud]

What do you guys wear when the ocean is a little to cold to wade in? Say knee deep so you don’t freeze?

 

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[DJWEHAGE]

If I’m only hunting the wash (thigh deep) and wet sand during the winter, I will wear my chest waders with several pairs of socks and sweat pants underneath.

 

[CASPER-2]

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[WaterWalker]

Good to chest deep salt water to 29 degrees F. is no problem!

 

[CASPER-2]

just be safe - Ive been in ocean - pretty calm waters - waist deep and had rogue 10 ft wave squash me
when I was young was with a guy that almost drowned when guy pushed it and tried go farther than he should and waders filled
2 guys back then died wearing old style chest waders when they filled and they could not get out

 

[OBN]

Drysuit with dry gloves. Took me several years to get it where I am totally warm
in extreme cold conditions for several hours. Think the worse this year was 10 degrees and water was 35F.

 

[holepuncher]

just be safe - Ive been in ocean - pretty calm waters - waist deep and had rogue 10 ft wave squash me
when I was young was with a guy that almost drowned when guy pushed it and tried go farther than he should and waders filled
2 guys back then died wearing old style chest waders when they filled and they could not get out

Put a belt on around the upper part of the waders, This will keep the waders from filling fast.

 

[Indian Steve]

Wear a life vest with your waders. I lived right on a trout stream many years ago. There was a waste deep hole in front of the cabin that was 75 feet long. I saw a guy with chest waders go down in that hole and the current carried him downstream to shallow water. I was there to help get him out of the water, but if there had been no shallows, he would have been in serious trouble.

 

[RustyGold]

Drysuit with dry gloves. Took me several years to get it where I am totally warm
in extreme cold conditions for several hours. Think the worse this year was 10 degrees and water was 35F.
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OBN suggested the perfect choice. I wouldn’t wear waders for safety issues. Good luck!

 

[brncofan]

I use waders for swallow water hunting and a DUI drysuit with dry gloves when I deeper water

 

[boogeyman]

just be safe - Ive been in ocean - pretty calm waters - waist deep and had rogue 10 ft wave squash me
when I was young was with a guy that almost drowned when guy pushed it and tried go farther than he should and waders filled
2 guys back then died wearing old style chest waders when they filled and they could not get out

A close friend who was a doryman drowned when he went over the rail with just hip boots. He was always harping on me "you need to pay attention! You're on the ocean!"