Time to dive in North Texas? - Scuba Forum

russp · 01-24-2008, 12:45 PM

I just looked at the water temp at Athens Scuba Park (Clear Springs doesn't have a current temp posted) and it's 50 degrees. All I own at this time is a 3mm wetsuit, booties, gloves and hood. When does the water in this area typically get back into a comfortable range for this thickness of gear? I'm guessing that would be lower 70s.

SHAGGY · 01-24-2008, 12:55 PM

I would guess around May for a 3mm suit.

I'm planning on making a trip to Athens sometime soon and again to CSSP when my Dry Suit arrives.

shaggy

Bigg_Budd · 01-24-2008, 01:58 PM

Athens will be in the 60s by early April. The only problem with that is, you have to dive Athens..

cyclone3565 · 01-24-2008, 01:59 PM

CSSP is current at around 48 degrees. Lake Murray was 44 two weeks ago. God I love my drysuit. Need dry gloves though. I would say it can warm up to 3mil weather/water by April, all depends on night temps and amount of rain.

torrey · 01-24-2008, 02:16 PM

Wait a week or so for the air temp to hit 90 and that 50 degree water will feel perfect.

SarahBella · 01-24-2008, 03:43 PM

I would love it if we had wate around 50 this time of year...by the way its snowing again. Time to move south!

russp · 01-24-2008, 04:39 PM

Ah, Sarabella, I remember visiting my first set of in laws in Rochester many years ago. I went to bed with the weather predicting flurries and woke up to see nothing but the tip of my CB antenna sticking out of the snow.

Ryanh1801 · 01-24-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by russp

I just looked at the water temp at Athens Scuba Park (Clear Springs doesn't have a current temp posted) and it's 50 degrees. All I own at this time is a 3mm wetsuit, booties, gloves and hood. When does the water in this area typically get back into a comfortable range for this thickness of gear? I'm guessing that would be lower 70s.

Just get a 7Mill. wet suit. Don't let the cold scare ya away.

hoop · 01-24-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanh1801

Just get a 7Mill. wet suit. Don't let the cold scare ya away.

For the price of a 7mil and the weight required to sink me, I could be half way on the money required to buy a dry suit!!

medicdiver · 01-24-2008, 07:42 PM

Why dive wet, when you can dive dry?

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