What's the water temp late in the year? It looks like a nice little trip there, wrecks and reefs, at year end.
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Keys water temp in late Dec?
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Low 70's
OP
Awesome, thanks -- sounds like just a 5mm core warmer, maybe over a skin.
scubadobadoo
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It's not the water that will freeze you but the wind after you get out. Make sure to bring a towel and a nice wind breaker for the SI. Heck, I dive dry in Florida when it's that cold.
I agree with low 70's and the comments about the wind. I dive a 5/3 in the winter and always have a fleece-lined windbreaker to wear between dives. Also, realize that fronts coming through in the winter can get you "blown out" in the Keys that time of year.
I disagree with the low 70's... I would say more like the mid to upper 70's... I still wear a 7mm suit... I know a few who go dry.
Vtdiver2
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Above 70, I go in a T-shirt and shorts.....I put on a 3mm til it gets to 50 and then go to the 7mm....I'd say thats the biggest difference between Northern and Southern Divershowarde:
C-Dawg
SuPrBuGmAn
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Vtdiver2:
Pssh!
Mid 70s to mid 50s puts me into a 3mm and a hoodvest. I've yet to find colder water, being born and bread in the South. Some of us deal with the colder temps better than others
Drysuits? HA!
scubadobadoo
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How about we settle for mid 70's? LOL. It varies a little but things don't really start to cool off in a big way until after December. I remember being in Key Largo a few yrs ago in January and it was cold as H3ll. A big winter storm rolled through. Air temps in the teens with the heavy winds. Horrible time!
I just said the temp was in the 70's and for us floridians... that's a little chilly... You'd have to give me a heated suit to go into 60 degree water. I think you cold water divers are a little loco...
Actually on yesterday's dive... I felt a little chilled with my 3mm suit (water temp was 82)... I was on the boat talking with a friend saying, "It's getting a little chilly..." He said, "yes, it's almost that time of year. I'll be getting my dry suit out soon"
Some can call that whimpy... Personally, if I am spending an hour or more, I would rather be comfortable.
Actually on yesterday's dive... I felt a little chilled with my 3mm suit (water temp was 82)... I was on the boat talking with a friend saying, "It's getting a little chilly..." He said, "yes, it's almost that time of year. I'll be getting my dry suit out soon"
Some can call that whimpy... Personally, if I am spending an hour or more, I would rather be comfortable.
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