I'm very afraid of hot weather and prefer to swim in cool water. (unfortunately all triathlon / aquathon races, and all but one OW swimming race in my place are held in hot seasons where wetsuit is never legal, which for me is a great disadvantage especially in the run)
I'm seeing people wearing a wetsuit in temperature that I consider too warm for me to swim at race speed on skin, and wonder how don't they overheat in a wetsuit.
For a mile swim, what temperature will you start wearing a wetsuit, assuming little difference between air and water temperature and little wind?
Agree you should move this to the Open Water Swimming forum.
If you do that, you might consider adding some temperatures below 60. For me, I've only ever worn a wetsuit twice (it was required for the races) and the water was in the low 60s. Wouldn't have worn it if I was required to. Later, I swam a few swims in the upper 50s without a wetsuit and did fine. I guess theoretically if the water temp was below 54 I might consider that cold enough for one (still wouldn't wear it). But I might answer differently in a year as I'm about to get back in the open water up here to acclimatize myself to colder temps. Maybe in a year I would answer 50 or even 49?
Agree you should move this to the Open Water Swimming forum.
If you do that, you might consider adding some temperatures below 60. For me, I've only ever worn a wetsuit twice (it was required for the races) and the water was in the low 60s. Wouldn't have worn it if I was required to. Later, I swam a few swims in the upper 50s without a wetsuit and did fine. I guess theoretically if the water temp was below 54 I might consider that cold enough for one (still wouldn't wear it). But I might answer differently in a year as I'm about to get back in the open water up here to acclimatize myself to colder temps. Maybe in a year I would answer 50 or even 49?
