1 Degree to Go !!!!

[pcolaboy]

Pensacola Bay is now 59 degrees...only one to go before the "season" is in for me!!!

[mad4wrecks]

brrrr....you got a drysuit?

I just spent a week in the water in Boca Ciega bay and the water temp was about 68 degrees and I thought that was almost unbearable...in a full wetsuit and hood.

Can't you wait until "spring"?

[diverlynn]

Last week I was diving Grand Turk and Provo...81 degrees

diverlynn

[rgecy]

Wimps! Dry suits! LOL!

Lets go dive with Wayne! Maybe join the Polar Bear club! Now thats what I call cold!

[mad4wrecks]

I can verify that Robert "It's only 58 degrees, man" Gecy really is laughing at us and our "cold" water down here.

[pcolaboy]

Blah Blah Blah The water will get up to 86 or so in July but it will be late April before I can shuck the wetsuit. Unfortunately the best visibility in the bay here is between now and May.

Pcola

[Narked1]

Water temp off the coast of Egypt is a brisk 64-degrees. Not too unbearable in a 5mm semi-dry.

[Voldbjerg]

You florida boys are a bunch of girls

My first openwater dive was i march and the water was 40F and it was snowing. I was not using a drysuit but a 7mm semidry suit with a 7mm shorty on top of that. That's enough to keep you warm if you only do shallow dives

Regards

V

[diverlynn]

I did my Dive Master Course during the winter in the Fl springs (72 deg). I remember doing our surface interval in the water cause it was warmer than getting out. That was over 10 years ago. I learned there is always warm water....somewhere.

Diverlynn

[bell47]

My open water cert. a few years ago was water temp. of 30 F. the air temp was about 40. 7mm wetsuit. once we were numb and our regs quit freezing underwater we were O.K. The last dive I made about 2 weeks ago the water was 33 and the air was about 15 with the wind gusting to 44! I got frostbite on my cheeks! No joke! I do wear a drysuit now. Anybody wanna go scallop diving with me?

[bell47]

I forgot to add.... that this is in Maine. I did my open water cert. in Rockland harbor(hence the freezing point below 32 in salt water), and there was ice on part of it! We pushed ice getting in at the little beach. I made a down payment on my dry suit the day I got certified! I only made two wetsuit dives before I got a drysuit. Even in the summer here the ocean only gets to about the low sixties. OH, if you are diving a wetsuit, carry a big themos of luke warm water to pour into your suit, gloves and booties before you hop in. DON'T USE HOT WATER!!!! It really helps. Also a great warm up after the dive.

[Darren in NC]

That's nothing! I did my checkout dive in Antarctica by diving in an ice fishing hole. We were...okay...just kidding. I couldn't figure out a better way to get a one-up on this thread

[pcolaboy]

That's nothing! I did my checkout dive in Antarctica by diving in an ice fishing hole. We were...okay...just kidding. I couldn't figure out a better way to get a one-up on this thread

Looks like it's turning into a contest for who the biggest polar bear is . Cold water is for drinking and over-sexed politicians.

[fortunate]

Sea cucumber diving here in Alaska...months of Nov. & Dec....45 degrees...7 hours straight in a day...D.U.I. cf200 thinsulate and such...no problem..7 to 8 degrees colder late dec. and jan. for sea urchins
Fortunate

[mauijim1]

Im in Arizona most of the time and when my pool gets below 90F its time to get out, I think Ill look for gold on the land during the winter and in the water during the summer!

[emtrescue]

anyone want to come take a river rescue class when the outside temp is in the 30's to 40's, snow is blowing and you're fighting (well, actually you have to make the current think that is where you want to go) the current from youknowwhere for about 4 days straight 8 or 10 hours a day and yes you are in the water all day for the most part.

[CaribbeanDiver]

You florida boys are a bunch of girls

Just got back from a chilly dive here in the Keys and the water was 78.6. I long for warm summer water. If that makes me a girl, fine, I'm going home and playing with my boobs! lol

[pcolaboy]

You florida boys are a bunch of girls

Just got back from a chilly dive here in the Keys and the water was 78.6. I long for warm summer water. If that makes me a girl, fine, I'm going home and playing with my boobs! lol

Got three words for you .... SPOILED ROTTEN BRAT