Hi there!

l have a qustion about recent high technological wetsuits.
Every wetsuits company tend to compete for making a wormest wetsuit ever but there are areas that change seasons like Northern California.

l surf in South ocean beach SF, CA and Pacifica, CA. Now l am buying a wetsuits and interested in O'neill Psycho Il and Billabong Solution Platinum.
Needless to say,they both work perfectly in winter season of the Northern California. But what about in summer? l suspect that it is too hot in the summer season.

Do you think l do not need the super-duper warm wetsuits for using both in summer and winter in Northern California and it is just OK to buy a wetsuits that is price point down?
Do lneed to buy two type of suits for each season?

Please please advice me!!

Thank you.

Yoshi

Consider a Hotline 4/3. Very flexibale and extreme comfort, also easy to enter and exit. l surf and windsurf off Davenport, Santa Cruz and Manresa. l love my Hotline.

The wet suit is to protect you from cold water. Where you surf, the current comes up deep so the water is always cold. l surfed in the sixties when nobody wore wetsuits.

Any of these new ''warm'' suits will do fine, just find the one that is most comfortable for you, try it on, see if you can move around good in it. The advances should be seen in that too. The water is always cold on the West coast, so I'd always wear a full suit. l hate cold water, though.

The best known one for that is a new item called Cell wet suits, is has a lot less seams that ordinary wet suits, and allows you more freedom as well. It also helps you stay warmer and drier longer.

Good question. l guess u have to look at ur water temp & air temp trends. Look up ur local buoy on the NDBC & check the historical plots to get a sense of the averages throughout the year.

l tried out this year is model of the 3/2 psycho 2 in the spring as a prototype & it is SICK. It actually felt like u were surfing naked. You could not even tell u were wearing a suit. It would probably be too warm to use in the summer so maybe a price point short sleeve full would be good.