i swim on the south shore of long island, New York and stopped about a week ago when the bay hit 58degreesF. Now that i found a wet suit that actually allows my shoulders to move i want to go back. Is anyone else swimming on the Great South Bay ? and does 58 sound dangerously cold to anybody? There was only one time where i experienced teeth chattering shivering type after-swim conditions and that was probably because i had cut my foot and was having to tend to that.
At low tide the water is only about 2 to 4 feet so it is always reassuring that if there is a real shock to the cold, one can walk back. I was swimming okay without a wetsuit in 60deg temps for 20-25 minutes. I'm wearing a double bathing cap, grease but no goggles because they just fog in the cold.
thank you in advance for your opinions!
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Sounds like you have a great place to swim. Have you tried anti fog on your goggles? Sometimes goggles will fog if you keep pulling your face out of the water allowing the goggles to warm. I would really try and find a swim buddy, even in two or four feet of water there is still danger from the cold.
willie
Sounds like you have a great place to swim. Have you tried anti fog on your goggles? Sometimes goggles will fog if you keep pulling your face out of the water allowing the goggles to warm. I would really try and find a swim buddy, even in two or four feet of water there is still danger from the cold.
willie
