What is it like living in/going to college in RI?

[Lavs]

Originally Posted by boulevardofdef

This is kind of a strange claim. Yeah, it's not Florida, but go to any beach in Rhode Island on any summer day and you'll see hundreds to thousands of people enjoying the water without a wetsuit, and very few (if any) people wearing a jacket.

I think it depends on what you want to do in the water.

Splash around with friends / throw a football back & forth? No wetsuit needed.

Go surfing, compete in triathlons, long-distance swim, kite boarding, etc. - most of my friends doing these activities insist on a wetsuit on all but the hottest days of the summer.

Source: married to an Ironman competitor.

[boulevardofdef]

Originally Posted by Lavs

I think it depends on what you want to do in the water.

Splash around with friends / throw a football back & forth? No wetsuit needed.

Go surfing, compete in triathlons, long-distance swim, kite boarding, etc. - most of my friends doing these activities insist on a wetsuit on all but the hottest days of the summer.

Source: married to an Ironman competitor.

Oh, well, sure, I always see surfers wearing wetsuits. My wife surfs (very occasionally) and owns a wetsuit. But that's not what 95 percent of people are doing in the water.

[sandsonik]

Never mind going in the water, El Greco claimed it's too cold in July and August to even "sit pleasantly" at the beach... which is crazy, quite frankly.

[mvpsharky]

the water temps have been hovering around 74 degrees since late June