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Welcome to the Boardshop wetsuit temperature guide, this guide gives you an idea of which type and thickness of wetsuit will best arrange your needs.

Wetsuits for surfing have developed hugely in contempo years, they are lighter, more than flexible and warmer than ever.

At Boardshop we all surf and utilise the suits we sell, nosotros don't stock every wetsuit on the market, nosotros pick out the suits we think are best for our customers and of course for us!

Wetsuit brands like Vissla, O'Neill, and Rip Gyre accept ranges that encompass everything you might demand whether its men's wetsuits, ladies wetsuits or wetsuits for kids.

The materials used are more flexible than ever before meaning longer sessions and much more comfort, yous can cull betwixt back zip wetsuit, breast nada wetsuits and fifty-fifty null costless wetsuits...

At Boardshop we also offer a totally unique actress that you won't find anywhere else, when you buy from us you get a two year with every developed wetsuit!

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And so, accept a browse through the temperature guide beneath and see where your surfing life fits in.

Wetsuit Temperature Guide

Wetsuit Temperature Guide

Wetsuit Thickness Guide

"What thickness wetsuit should I purchase?" is a question we often go asked here at Boardshop.

Wetsuits come in a range of different thicknesses depending on the conditions you are going to be surfing in.

With then many options, information technology tin exist hard to determine what thickness of wetsuit to go for only ultimately, it depends on the temperature of the water you are going to be surfing in and your tolerance to the cold.

Check out our handy wetsuit temperature chart in a higher place to help you decide which thickness would exist well-nigh suitable depending on the water temperature. You can easily cheque the water temperature in your local area online with a quick google search.

Wetsuit Thickness

- 6mm / 6.5mm (Nether 6°C) - Winter bounding main temperatures are at their coolest during March in the Uk. If you are out surfing in the coldest of atmospheric condition, we recommend a wetsuit thickness of at least 6mm with hoods, boots and gloves unless you desire to lose feeling in your easily and toes and savor the feeling of brain freeze!

A bang-up example is the Xcel Infiniti X2 6/5mm hooded wetsuit. Await for a suit with fully taped seams, waterproof zippers, a built-in hood, wrist and talocrural joint seals, flexible neoprene and high-quality chest panels.

The Xcel Infiniti X2 6/5mm hooded wetsuit has Celliant Black High Pile with hollow fibre lining from chest to knees and Loftier Pile Celliant Blackness jacquard sleeves and lower leg lining making this wetsuit incredibly comfy, toasty, and warm.

Winter Wetsuits

- 5mm (9°C) – These water temperatures are the most mutual throughout wintertime in the UK and the water is still quite cold. We recommend a wetsuit thickness of at to the lowest degree 5mm; we recommend wearing boots, simply hood and gloves are optional depending on your tolerance to the common cold.

We recommend the O'Neill Psycho Tech v/4+mm wetsuit, this wetsuit even so remains super flexible despite being super warm due to the insulating due to the TechnoButter 3 Air-Firewall in the chest and dorsum. Equally with the 6mm wetsuits, information technology is important to ensure your wetsuit has fully taped seams, waterproof zippers, wrist and ankle seals, flexible neoprene and loftier-quality chest panels.

You can opt for a wetsuit with a built-in hood or go for one without and purchase a hood separately. Our staff favourite is the Xcel Infiniti Ltd 2mm wetsuit hood. Having a split hood allows you to get without a hood on warmer days when y'all don't need one making your wetsuit more wearable throughout the year.

O'Neill Wetsuits

- 4mm (12°C) – This wetsuit thickness is most suitable for British Leap / Autumn bounding main temperatures. Boots are optional this time of year.

1 of our most popular wetsuits is the Vissla 7 Seas Chest Zip 4/3mm wetsuit. This wetsuit is available with or without a hood and with its quick-dry and thermal properties it makes the perfect steamer for Autumn and Spring.

As the water will still be rather common cold at this time of year you want to make certain your wetsuit has taped or welded seams likewise as wrist and ankle seals to prevent common cold h2o flushing through your suit.

Vissla 7 Seas

- 3mm (15°C) – 3mm thick wetsuits are perfect for average water temperatures in the UK between July and October. Gloves, boots and hood are not required in these temperatures.

The O'Neill Hyperfreak Chest Zip 3/2mm wetsuit is one of our bestselling 3mm wetsuits; made from super lightweight TechnoButter iii neoprene. This summer wetsuit volition happily accept you from Spring correct through to Fall here in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and would exist a great choice for a Southern European/Canarian winter season.

O'Neill HyperFreak

For ladies, the Rip Ringlet Ladies Dawn Patrol Chest Null 3/2mm is incredibly pop. This wetsuit is lighter than ever and one of the very best looking and performing women's summer wetsuits available at this toll betoken. You're getting a stunning ladies summer wetsuit for the price, made from the latest performance materials and using the almost upwardly-to-appointment construction techniques.

- 2mm (nineteen°C) – This wetsuit thickness is recommended for the warmest body of water temps you can expect in the U.k. during the summit of summertime. Hood, gloves, and boots are not required in these temperatures.

These wetsuits are ordinarily in a shorty way, like the O'Neill Reactor II Shorty 2mm wetsuit which has short sleeves and legs. This wetsuit is perfect to enable you lot to stay out in the h2o all mean solar day, it is like shooting fish in a barrel to wear, flexible and versatile plenty to be used for a multifariousness of water sports or just messing around at the beach, only thick enough to prevent getting dank when you aren't moving around much or the wind picks up.

Rip Curl Shortie

- Rash Vests & Surf Suits (22°C and over) – Unlikely to happen in the UK, just If you're lucky enough to be surfing somewhere tropical with water temperatures this warm, all you lot volition demand is a pair of board shorts and optional rash vest or a bikini / swimsuit and optional boardshorts, rash vest or 1mm surf arrange.

We recommend the O'Neill Hybrid Brusk Sleeve Surf Shirt or the O'Neill Wetsuits Ladies three/4 Sleeve Rash tee. These are both perfect for protecting you from board rash, harmful UV rays from the sun and any wind chill that there may be.

Vissla Rashie

What wetsuit(south) do I need?

Money No Object

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If money is no object then get yourself a quiver of wetsuits!

A 3mm or 2mm shorty for summer, a 3mm fullsuit with watertight seams for dawn patrols and general later jump and early Autumn surfing.

A 4mm adapt for early on spring and late Autumn before the winter really kicks in.

A 5mm wetsuit for winter in most locations is fine, especially when couple with boots gloves and a hood.

The Ultimate wintertime suits have congenital in hoods, so if you're surfing where we do, or in colder than usual locations this kind of adjust is the answer.

This will encompass you for all atmospheric condition, no matter what the sea temperature.

It may be the near expensive option, but considering the life expectancy of a wetsuit is based on how much it is used, each suit volition last you much longer (providing you clean and store them properly!), and then the price balances out over time.

Medium budget

O'Neill Wetsuits

For a surfer that has a bit of a budget we would recommend getting 2 wetsuits that cover both ends of the temperature spectrum, i.e. a 5mm and 3mm wetsuit.

If you're spending almost of your fourth dimension surfing in the Great britain you lot would be best suited to getting a really skillful 5mm suit and an economy 3mm suit, as you'll notice you'll employ the 5mm wetsuit approximately 7-ix months out of the year and the 3mm the balance of the time.

The 3mm wetsuit tin be a flat locked seam adjust, these are cheaper than suits with watertight seams, this kind of arrange will more often than not cover you from June to September depending on what crazy conditions nosotros're having at the time!

Depression budget

For someone on a tight budget, what to become depends on a few factors.

i) Where will you lot be surfing?

2) Volition yous surf when it's freezing exterior or are you more of a fair weather surfer?

If y'all're a Great britain due south coast surfer yous can get a good 5mm wetsuit to run across you through the year, you'll needboots ,gloves and ahood  for the colder months.

If yous mostly surf in the north of the UK, a 4mm in the winter volition be unbearably cold, so we recommend getting a 5mm wetsuit.

You lot may be a lilliputian warm during the summer months, but just loosen the cervix of the suit and allow some water in - it's far easier to absurd downward when you're hot than warm up when y'all're frozen!

The 5mm wetsuit selection will be usable for probably ten months of the year in the UK and so it represents the most sensible choice.

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Wetsuit Accessories

Wetsuit Accessories

We get a lot of customers who go cheap on their wetsuit and buy the thickest boots because they say " I feel the cold more".

This is not necessarily the example; people practice not biologically feel the common cold at different levels.

If your feet are freezing and your friends are non, information technology's not because they have tougher feet than you, it's all down to the wetsuit.

Your trunk's first job is to continue your core warm.

If your core is not warm the first thing your trunk does is slow blood flow to your extremities (i.eastward. your feet).

You tin avoid this by getting a good quality wetsuit that FITS YOU PROPERLY.

A wetsuit should fit you TIGHT; it is substantially a second pare.

If yous're on a budget you are much better off putting more than money into a good wetsuit and economising on the wetsuit boots and gloves.

The best boots in the earth will non go along your anxiety warm when your poorly plumbing fixtures wetsuit is letting h2o flush into it.

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SUMMARY

Buying a wetsuit online used to be a complete No No merely with far superior materials and and then fit ownership on line is as easy as it'southward ever going to be.

Wetsuit companies don't change their size regimes so if yous are a medium you'll be a medium beyond the whole range.

We here on the phone or via email to offer communication if needed so please do get in touch. We may be mainly online but we have a exhibit and changing rooms then experience free to come up down and view our huge range of surfboards and try some wetsuits on if you're in the mood!

Besides equally the extended warranty nosotros as well offer 0% Finance to help spread the cost of a £400 wetsuit

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