Dry suit or Semi Dry for Rhode Island in Summer

Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
:Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
:do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
:wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.

I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
own.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
:Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
:do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
:wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.

I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
own.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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Dan Bracuk wrote:
> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>
> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
> own.

I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.

Dan Bracuk wrote:
> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>
> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
> own.

I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.

TonyP wrote:
> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>
>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>
>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>> own.
>
>
> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>

Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least
50-60 during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.

I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html

Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.

I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

TonyP wrote:
> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>
>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>
>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>> own.
>
>
> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>

Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least
50-60 during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.

I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html

Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.

I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

Can you spell surface? Do you know what a thermocline is? Does NOAA publish
bottom temps? Beeerrrrrr, 40'F is cold!



"zippthorne" <zipp-post@usa.net> wrote in message
news:ug67g.116$HA2.45@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> TonyP wrote:
>> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>>
>>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>>> own.
>>
>>
>> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
>> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
>> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>>
>
> Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least 50-60
> during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.
>
> I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
> http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
>
> Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.
>
> I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
> legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
> sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

Can you spell surface? Do you know what a thermocline is? Does NOAA publish
bottom temps? Beeerrrrrr, 40'F is cold!



"zippthorne" <zipp-post@usa.net> wrote in message
news:ug67g.116$HA2.45@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> TonyP wrote:
>> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>>
>>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>>> own.
>>
>>
>> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
>> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
>> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>>
>
> Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least 50-60
> during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.
>
> I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
> http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
>
> Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.
>
> I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
> legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
> sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

zippthorne wrote:
> TonyP wrote:
>
>> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>>
>>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>>> own.
>>
>>
>>
>> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
>> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
>> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>>
>
> Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least
> 50-60 during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.
>
> I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
> http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
>
> Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.
>
> I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
> legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
> sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

Wow.. last I looked.. those temps are surface temps. So, unless he is
snorkeling, they really don't count. I dive NY,LI,NJ. Temps "might" be a
little warmer in the summer, but not by much. Surface to about 30' is
good. Go deeper and the temp drops. Depending on the depth, it will go
down to the low to mid 50's. A 7mm wet/semi-wet or dry suit is definatly
required. Hood and gloves too.

zippthorne wrote:
> TonyP wrote:
>
>> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>>
>>> Robert <osiris@woden.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
>>> :Looks like could be spending 3 months in Rhode Island this summer, so
>>> :do not know what the sea temps are, have never dry suit dived, and
>>> :wonder if a Semi Dry would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> I've done it, sort of. 31 F in a rented wetsuit, same sort of thing.
>>> But we all have our own thresholds, you have to find yours on your
>>> own.
>>
>>
>>
>> I too have dove wet for a long time in the North East. Chipping ice of
>> the boat in December for a dive. Oh... what fun! Water temp low 40's
>> upper 30's. Now, I dive dry (well, most of the time) all year.
>>
>
> Oh come on now, he's going over the summer. It gets up to at least
> 50-60 during the summer there. Sometimes even as high as 70.
>
> I found this at the noaa website that might be useful to you:
> http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html
>
> Those numbers are pretty well in line with my personal experience as well.
>
> I should warn you that the popular dive-site guide book is full of local
> legends and historical inaccuracies, so if you want the HISTORY of the
> sites you dive, it's not that good, but it tells a good story.

Wow.. last I looked.. those temps are surface temps. So, unless he is
snorkeling, they really don't count. I dive NY,LI,NJ. Temps "might" be a
little warmer in the summer, but not by much. Surface to about 30' is
good. Go deeper and the temp drops. Depending on the depth, it will go
down to the low to mid 50's. A 7mm wet/semi-wet or dry suit is definatly
required. Hood and gloves too.