what to wear for winter swimming
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- What to wear for winter swimming is a common question. Do I need a wetsuit? Here we look at how a wetsuit works, the advantages and disadvantages of wearing a wetsuit for outdoor swimming and what are the alternatives? Worth a look before investing your hard-earned cash.
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I absolutely love your videos. They are so well thought and with plenty of good advice. Thank you so much!
What a lovely bit of feedback Rosana. Thank for watching 🏊♀️😀
Great explanation of the different options, thank you! I have been thinking of getting a wetsuit but have been really happy so far with the difference the gloves and boots have made to my stamina and have converted all my friends to these also! And I was given a changing suit for my birthday which I was very happy with too!
Hi Frances, you sound like you are in a dreamy swimming situation - you could always add a wetsuit if you need to eventually. Have a great winter of outdoor swimming!
Thank you for the video Rachel. This video and your other one about how to change in a dryrobe are so so useful, I haven’t watched any others yet but I’m sure they’ll be just as helpful for an open water sea winner newbie such as myself ☺️ Can’t wait to get started 🏊♀️
Welcome to my channel Michelle, if you're looking for a video on a particular topic and I haven't made it yet, drop me a comment and I'll see what I can do. I love encouraging people to get involved safely at their own level. Good luck with your first dip 🏊😃
Rachel, you are a marvel. Thank you so much for all your videos, full of practical advice especially for the non sporty among us. Meryl
Thanks Meryl, I', pleased you're finding resonance in my content. I want to encourage anyone that wants to to gt out there and enjoy the water anyhow they like!
Thank you Rachel. This is very helpful. I think I will get the gloves headgear and footies .Great advice!
Glad it was helpful! Hope you have good results with the new gear 🏊😄
That was really useful Rachel, thank you! I've never worn a wetsuit but gloves, bootees and swim cap make a huge difference and allow me a bit of warmth. A dryrobe afterwards, heated car seats and the heat up high get me cosy!
Thanks for watching Angela. It’s a decision on feeling comfortable enough to enjoy it and being able to stay in long enough for my purpose on the day - dip/training/exploring 🏊♀️😀
Hi Rach, I have just started sea swimming this August, and have been pool swimming for about 10years, and I stumbled upon your videos by chance and very pleased I did. Very informative and fun. I am 64 and loving it in the sea! I can manage 20mins at the moment and then I am cold. I wore a silicone cap this Tuesday and boy what a difference it made. Will get some gloves next, I already wear swim shoes to make walking easy on the steep pebble beach where I live. I am fortunate to live a 15 minute walk from the sea, in Seaton on the Jurassic coast. My daughter is a long distance swimmer and has been really encouraging! Best regards Andy.
Hi Andy, I’m pleased you’re enjoying the videos. Brilliant that you’ve made the transition to the sea. Protecting the extremities will make a great difference and allow you to enjoy it. Seaton is cracking, I swam there last summer with a friend in a paddleboard. What a lovely swim spot! 🏊♀️😀
This is an excellent video - great for the newbie - thanks
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for commneting 🏊😀
Very useful. Thanks for sharing. I won't be rushing to get a wetsuit now. I often find that it's when I come out that I feel the coldest. So I'm planning to get a dry robe next. I always enjoy a flask of tea when I come out.
Anything you buy to cover the extremities will still be useful if you eventually go for a wetsuit too so it won’t be wasted money. Warm drink afterwards is one of my go-to’s. Enjoy the changing robe 🏊♀️😀
Hi, I’ve just found your channel (and subscribed!) and just want to say thank you so much for your very helpful, informative and funny videos! I live reasonably near to Calshot and Lepe and my husband and I have this year decided to carry on swimming through winter so your advice & tips are invaluable! We swam Christmas eve and it was chilly but so invigorating :) I want to do the Test swim you featured too as that is very close to us too but I was never sure how safe it would be. Thank you for inspiring us to carry on and try new swims :)
Hi K, thanks for subscribing. We sure live in a lovely area for swimming. To swim the Test, do so at high tide. Park by the Daily Echo, cross the railway line and head for the concrete culvert which is about 50m to your left. Get in here and swim to the right and back to get a feel for it. It's lovely there. There is a 600m swoosh from the foothbridge downstream to the culvert. Before I swam this from the footbridge, I swam upstream to it from the culvert in a wetsuit to see what I'd be getting myself into and to check for any hazards. Gopatee Beach at Eling is also nice. 🏊😄
This gave me confidence to swim in the lake today. Was chilly in NY and I already had scuba and tri summer wetsuits, brought lots of dry options and a thermos of hot tea so could stay in the sun outdoors after with my brother who watched fr shore. Booties helped too, a bit weird to swim in but better than being too cold ! Love your videos !
Hi Andrea so pleased to hear you got your swim in and some quality tea drinking time with your bro. Did he supply some cake? 🏊♀️😀
@@EverydayAthleteRach no but it was still lovely !
Great video and tips Rachel, thank you
Thanks for watching! 🏊😄
Beautiful video. Many thanks for your advice ❤🏊♀️
You’re welcome 😊 I hope you are getting an outdoor fix in these crazy times 🏊😄
Great video and has reassured me about my decision to buy a good change robe to get warm after rather than rush out and buy a wetsuit. I'm going to get gloves, booties and a hat and see if I can manage with those through autumn and winter and not need a wetsuit. Thank you. Hoping my new change robe arrives this week (chosen after watching another of your videos).
Hi Hermione great to hear you’re planning on swimming through and that you’re gonna try less is more first. You’ll be so chuffed when you get your changing robe on. You may want to live in it forever! Thanks for watching and happy swimming 🏊♀️😀
Brilliant video, thankyou Rachael
Glad you enjoyed it! 🏊😀
Fabulous, great info thanks a million.
Glad it was helpful! 🏊😀
Thank you!!! I bought a wet suit was apparently the wrong kind and I hated swimming in it and had a full blown hyperventilating attack in the water... Now I think booties and swim suit could be perfect as I get fear of my feet getting grabbed my something! Thank you for the videos :) really fun and informative
Brilliant that you haven’t given it up as a bad job! In the winter I’m all about gloves and booties!
Thank you very interesting :-) I've recently started wim hof and looking forward to plucking up courage to get out there in the sea this winter :-) ... or maybe the summer
You can do it! Just take it easy. Gettinng in, regulating your breathing and getting out is plenty for the first few times. Let me know how you get on. Good luck 🏊😄
Great tips as always!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.
So helpful, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it 🏊♀️😀
🙋🏼♀️Hi Rach, I started sea swimming on January 1st 2021, I'm not one for swimming along the coast, rather more of a bobber 🤭 . Have really enjoyed watching your videos, they are very informative with lots of handy tips, thank you very much 💜🏊🏻♀️💜 Xxxx
Welcome to the clan Donna. Bobbing is great fun, I love watching the world go by from the water. Thanks for watching my videos 🏊😃
Hi Rachel! I'm a polar bear! After watching this video i am considering to get gloves, hat and boots as i would love to stay longer in the sea this winter. Thank you for the advice.
It just made me so much happier in the water and it was more about swimming and enjoying than thinking that my hands and feet were killing! 🏊❄😀
Thank you very helpfull info, I now have a wet suit. Still need to hat and gloves. Tomorrow i have a swimming 6.15am off the beach at southend on sea before work.
Woohoo! Lucky you! Have fun! Gloves first, hat if you swim heads down... 🏊😀
Update:- great swim before work entered the water at 6.30am still a bit dark the sun came up after 20mins in the clouds water still warm finished swim at 7.15am
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Really good advice
Thank you 😊
Fab video Rachel thank you so much. Do u have a video about getting wetsuits on/off!!! I use one because I can’t control my body temperature or BP HR digestion etc so the compression feels good. The water is the only place I can exercise as I need to be laying down (autonomic systems broken). The buoyancy feels so good my heavy legs ease. I then do my physio in the water and out again. Getting out of the suit is then sooo hard and exhausting so any tips would be great xx
Yep, I have one on both those topics. If you go to my channel and search wetsuit you’ll find it. Let me know if you can’t find them and I’ll get you the link after work x
Love this!!
Thanks for watching 🏊😄
Many thanks for creating this interesting and informative video. I ordered a wetsuit from Amazon as I am a skinny cold mortal but they sent size 10 instead of 12 so I am awaiting a refund and wont bother to re-order as I may well just cope. Already use booties for the stones and have a pair of old diving gloves, just need the neoprene hat. I've just made a robe based on your recent video so it's along the smoc smoc lines. The inaugural usage today was a bit iffy but I realise where I went wrong as I have just re-watched your video and, yes, it is a bit of a dark art! Looking forward to catching up on your videos as I've not long found you. Best wishes
Aw, what a lovely comment. I'm pleased you're finding the ocntent interesting. Good luck with the second changing effort in the changing robe 🏊😀
Hi Rachel got my first safety session this Saturday coming,I’m going to wear my shorty wetsuit it’s 2mm ,and as it’s my first time I think I will need it.I’m swimming in a lake where the club do the outdoor swimming ,any tips would be great ,I found your UA-cam fog and I find you are absolutely on the ball with outdoor swimming thanks.👍Chris
Hi Chirs, you're going to love it! Don't swim until your breathing returns to normal, just relax and take it all in. Let us know how you get on!
@@EverydayAthleteRach Thank you Rachel will do ,your flogs are just really clear and informative .👍
I’m still a skins swimmer... but with October just around the corner, my days in the lakes and rivers here in the Pacific Northwest (BC, 🇨🇦) are limited. The ice will show up in November or December at the latest. This was really helpful info and I think I may look into some gloves, booties, and a neoprene cap for early winter swimming. Love the backdrop for this video. Is that building some type of a beach house? (Just curious?). Thanks for this one Rachel.
Hope the gloves and booties work out for you. t was filmed nxt to Calshot RNLI station. It is quite a big building where the sea rescue volunteers launch from: www.google.com/maps/@50.8198078,-1.3087367,3a,49.7y,29.09h,89.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swwWAXHy4W5cDMsPp-V0kUg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DwwWAXHy4W5cDMsPp-V0kUg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D20.042837%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Another great video. :) Great info.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Hope it's still warm up there, I imagine the Autumn colours must be coming out now...
@@EverydayAthleteRach The colours sure are. And its starting to get cold. But there is always some kit to solve the riddle of the cold ;)
Thanks Rachel. Out of interest did you continue using stream 2 sea or baby shampoo? I bought a pair of those dnb tinted goggles you recommend. Couldn't get on with them so have gone back to the tried and trusted aqua sphere vista mask. Love your channel. You are my swimming guru🏊😊
Hi Sean, thank you for your lovely comment. I still use the Steam 2 sea stuff, it's really good.
Very good advice :)
Thanks for watching! Pleased you enjoyed it 🏊😃
Although I love outdoor swimming, I've never tried doing it in winter, or even in summer if the water's very cold, because my hands and feet hurt horribly. Incredibly, it's never occurred to me to try gloves and bootees! I will now...
Let me know how you get on. Make sure they are neoprene swimming gloves you go for, ones which cinch in at the wrist, not ones designed to be tucked inside something as the water will flush through them. You might like this video: How to choose gloves for outdoor swimming: ua-cam.com/video/ikBhN9nCVno/v-deo.html Enjoy!
Love your videos, I'm just starting out and been open water swimming a month or so, so first winter. Can I ask, I'm a very similar size to you and it would help to know roughly what size wetsuit you have as a starting point (no tri stores anywhere near me)
Hi Amanda, thanks for watching. I think it is and Aquasphere ladies XL. You might want to consider hiring as they work out the sizing for you - check this video out that I did earlier in the year on the topic how does wetsuit hire work? ua-cam.com/video/5FbwwYsRZ5Y/v-deo.html
That way you don't have to commit loads of money to it, they also sell them off at the end of the season - so possibility of a good suit for cheaper price
I've watched this before Rach surprised I didn't comment. I'll prob hold fire on natural swimming for now but excited lidos will open throughout the winter - i may get a wetsuit for the unheated ones. Don't want to umble other than remain humble :)
Went on a blissful golden leaf crunching walk today with comfy sports joggers, thick socks, jumper, scarf. I felt like I was tucked up in bed yet energised at the same time. And felt like I was being hugged in a year of social distancing - and felt mentally good for outdoor exercise.
Prob how you feel after a swim right? I didn't wear a hat today but will when it gets really cold.
Still mug of tea afterwards completed a perfect Sunday :)
I hope you had a good day too
Hi Dave, that sounds like a cracking Sunday there, eeking a hug out of nature and being toasty warm. Great stuff. I went for a swim in the rain, but the bouncing raindrops are mesmerising - it was more comfy in the water than out. The lidos idea sounds like a good one, don't buy a wetsuit until you try the gloves and booties combo first, you could save yourself a lot of cash and anguish! Have a great week 🏊🍂🍁😄
@@EverydayAthleteRach i can imagine it's less the swimming in the rain that's a problem, more the being on land in the rain I guess. Glad you got your swim in.
Good tip there thanks Rach. Oh on the video about tips for staying in water where you clearly explained all the umbles, I noticed through the clear water you were barefoot and bare hand. I think this may have been you were in the sea close to beach so I'm guessing it's still warm from the summer and just sand or pebbles underneath. Unusual for you though as I know you usually cover all escape points for body heat incl hands and feet.
Finally I have a personal question if I may ask? Are you or have you been a teacher? You come across as a really good teacher. I'll never forget the umbles, I'll tell my kids and Grandkids and you are very inspirational and have the voice of a strong teacher.
Furthermore it's a stressful job so swimming is ideal relief :)
I'm not training but I want to swim for as long as possible as it helps with my fibromyalgia symptoms, so have bought a wetsuit, gloves and booties to help with that. Am also considering a rash vest as well if i can manage the coldest months (we shall see)
Good luck with managing the cooler temps. Just take each day as it comes and progress into the colder months swim by swim. You’ll surprise yourself 🏊♀️😀
Hi Rachel - I love your videos. Keep them coming. New to sea swimming and love getting tips from you. At this time of year what amount of time do you spend in the sea in just a swimming costume. Water temp at the coast where I live is 12-13 degrees.
Hi Louise, great to hear from you, I'm glad you're enjoying the content. I'm putting together a video on that very topic this weekend, ready to go out on Tuesday 🏊😄
@@EverydayAthleteRach oh excellent I look forward to it!! I did a sundowner tonight 🏊♀️🌊 it was beautiful. I live not too far round the coast from Donaghadee in NI (Helen’s Bay) and loved your video of you flying ✈️ in your Dryrobe to come to NI so you didn’t miss a chance to swim 👍😂
I'm an opportunist, always at the ready with my swimmers! NI was lovely, I hope to be back over in the not too distant future
I’ve found that swimming with a wetsuit means I can work afterwards more easily - ie there’s a negative impact of getting warm after swimming skins for me. Which means I can more easily pop down to the beach and have a swim and then work after if I’m in a wetsuit.
It's brilliant when we find a cold water solution which works for our circumstance isn't it. I am always honing my technique to allow me to swim before/after work, or squeeze one in at lunch. I certainly swim in whatever suits the kind of swim I'm doing, so I'm with you on the comfort front 🏊😀
Great vid (again).
My issue is that I carry very little natural warming coverage and suffer from a dodgy lower-back whereby I spasm and slip discs almost at will (yay). However, keeping that lower back warm makes a huge difference to what I can achieve. With those two points, I opt for a wetsuit when the water dips below 20C (I know, Mediterranean wimp), but I always swim open-water sea for 1-2 hours, so even at 19C it can all too soon cool my spinal muscles down, hence the wetsuit.
Yes, a standard rubber wetsuit is not made for us breaststrokers; but as you say, not many options there at the lower budget mail-order end, so I use 250g ankle weights due to the high salinity here which stops me frog-kicking fresh air.
When 20-23C I opt for a 3mm neoprene swim vest and swim shorts, which add buoyancy where I need it, but keeps that core (and lower back particularly) toasty warm - I have even worn that most of this summer in water temps of 26-28C as I swim up to 3.5 hours out there. Wimp, perhaps, but as you always say Rach, do what works for you. One additional, when it's prime jellyfish time, I slip an all-in-one rash suit over the neoprene shorts/vest; no additional warmth of course, but stops the stingers brilliantly.
I have a fair bit of bioprene so most of the time im fine. I don't mind what people wear to swim it's about feeling comfortable and able to stay in long enough to enjoy the water in your own way. I like a long swim, it's be nice to have warmer water for longer, training swims get more difficult as it chills down here! Good tip to stop legs coming out the water!
I also love the all over rashie for a jellyfish sting barrier! 🏊😀
@@EverydayAthleteRach "Bioprene": brilliant
@@EverydayAthleteRach “Bioprene”... lol... that’s a good one Rachel. I have that natural layer too... lmao 🤣
So helpful. Thank you, Rachel. Is a wetsuit suitable for treading water?
Yes, absolutely, it would probably make it easier because of the amount of buoyancy they provide.
Rachel, thank you for this information. My question is, where do you find wetsuit items, such as separate wetsuit tops or rash vests and wetsuit bottoms for a woman size 16/18? Most of the sites have very small wetsuits for women and all manner of sizes for men 😠. Very stereotypical wouldn’t you say? I want to keep my core warm because I don’t want to be put off by getting so cold it triggers wheezy breathing or irritates a back problem that lives with me. Thank you!
Hi Jayne, I've seen separates at The Wetsuit Centre in Bournemouth www.wetsuitcentre.co.uk/wetsuits/wetsuit-tops-jackets.html I haven't ever tried them on. I often use gloves, booties and a neoprene hat with my swimsuit rather than a wetsuit or separated. I find they keep me nice and comfortable in the water 🏊😃
Hi Rachel, do you have any recommendations about anti fog products for swimming masks used in the sea?
I sure do, check this video out: How to stop goggles fogging - 5 tips ua-cam.com/video/zOFdey6sVOM/v-deo.html
Hi Rachel. I can see that a neoprene hat (1) adds warmth and that a brightly coloured latex one (2) makes a swimmer more visible but what is the point of the black latex caps that I often see people using where I live? I don't see how they can help much with either warmth or visibility. Does a swim cap have a third purpose? - Brian
I don't know why someone would wear a black latex swim cap, except in a pool, for the reasons you outline!
@@EverydayAthleteRach I finally asked someone in one of my groups (Cold Water Addicts). She said it was mostly to prevent loosing her earplugs.
How about swimming in a rash guard or are they purely for underneath a wetsuit ?
Some have thermal properties, most are to prevent rashes from wetsuits.
Is there a danger of overestimating the time spent in the water by wearing your 2nd option? In the winter our water gets to 55 degrees...which is cold for us. One year I managed to swim the entire year without a wetsuit, but then stayed in too long which resulted in an awful experience. I’m wondering if your 2nd option might work. My hands and feet never bother me in the winter but maybe you’re suggesting that wearing gloves and booties slows the cooling of those very superficial arteries and veins thus allowing one to stay in longer?
Hi Pat! I used to swim in the winter in a wetsuit with no footwear or gloves, using my hands as one of my indicators - if they went stiff etc to help decide when to get out, but a friend with a lot of experience of training sea rescue organisation technicians said that with the blood running so close to the surface on my hands and feet that getting them cold might be speeding up the process of core body cooling. I added the gloves and booties and was in a winter wonderland! The next winter I just didn't routinely put my wetsuit on, just the gloves and booties. Now I reserve the wettie for when I know I'm going in for a longer time. Each piece of kit has its reason for being in my kit! Rach
i am with you!))👍
I checked out your channel. Looks like you swim in some cool places 🏊♀️😀
@@EverydayAthleteRach Thanks! Yes i live in Russia, Kaliningrad! We have hier Baltic Sea)
Are you far enough north that the sea freezes in winter? I've swum in Sweden in the summer, but have yet to visit Russia 🏊😄
Does anyone know of a wetsuit brand that might fit very big hips?
The only wetsuits I’ve managed to find with sizes up to my 50” hips are men’s, but my waist is 34”, so men’s wetsuits really aren’t suitable. I’m on a diet at the moment, but would love to get a wetsuit for this Winter!
Hi Emma, I don't know of a specific brand which would fit the proportions you mention, but it may be worth looking at separates - neoprene jacket and trousers. Also try contacting a tri shop and asking for advice, or potentially one or two of the wetsuit manufacturers. The other option is just to keep getting in in whatever you wear at the moment and see how long you can keep dipping. In the cooler months my water time changes from swimming to dipping really. Good luck with the diet and the wetsuit search 🏊😃
@@EverydayAthleteRach Thanks, I hadn’t thought about separates so will look at that. I was in Buttermere today with a rash vest on and it was still great and hasn’t starting to sting yet, so I might last longer than I thought (and possibly long enough to fit into something a bit warmer by November). In previous years, I had pretty much stopped going by now so I’m getting into unchartered territory… I’ll see where I’m at a the end of next month and maybe speak to the specialists.
Thanks for the great videos!
Hi Emma. I have been searching for women’s wetsuit shorts and a separate top and I telephoned Two Bare Feet who were helpful but they, like many other companies, seem to have lots of small women’s sizes and lots of men’s larger sizes. I sent for a shortie wetsuit from Amazon and measured myself as it instructed, but when I tried it on it was far too big and though it was sold as unisex, it was most definitely man shaped so I have to return it. I have sent for Two Bare Feet’s quarter zip rash vest after they talked me through measurements etc so I will see what it is like. I’m not too keen to go into a shop and do try ons for obvious reasons so I am interested to hear how you fair in your search? Take care and good luck! Jayne
Hi Rachel, un nageur de Bretagne in France . Il y a une chose que je mets systématiquement : été comme hiver , mais surtout l hiver ce sont des bouchons d oreilles spéciaux natation . C'est très important ! ( ayant fait beaucoup de windsurf et surf dans l'eau froide j'ai été victime de la maladie des surfer :
" l exostose " je ne sais pas comment dire en anglais . C'est très important car vous avez un os qui pousse dans votre oreille ! Et à la longue vous devenez sourd . ( ce n'est pas une blague ! ) Cela concerne les nageurs qui mettent la tête dans l'eau froide . Voilà , j'espère vous sensibiliser et tous les nageurs d open water !
Tschussi
Je crois que vous aimerez ces deux videos au sujet des oreilles et qui parle de 'surfer's ear':
Why wear earplugs for swimming? A selection of earplugs for under £10 ua-cam.com/video/DCJ4rnDPe6k/v-deo.html
5 tips on how to clear water from your ears ua-cam.com/video/ZJxvAD-2--c/v-deo.html
@@EverydayAthleteRach thank you ! Ici en Bretagne l'eau toujours à 17 degrés ! Keep spirit free swimming to you .
My wetsuit makes breaststroke swimming hard work and I’m not good at freestyle. Is there a way I can keep my legs down? I love your videos thanks. Have been wild swimming all winter so far.
Hi Anne, thanks for watching. Have you thought about perhaps experimenting with some ankle weights? 🏊😄
@@EverydayAthleteRach I have ordered some so will let you know how it goes
@@EverydayAthleteRach After a couple more swims I’ve found I got used to wearing my wetsuit and now can keep my legs down. Will use the weights for a workout! Thanks for your help. A
Mahalo
You’re welcome 🏊♀️😀
But how do you do it with out wetsuit
Just go in for a short time, a minute or two first time and build up.
@@EverydayAthleteRach if I wear pants and a hoodie will that keep me warm
@@Frozzic-X Doubtful and because they are loose they may make swimming a little challenging. A thermal rash vest or a wetsuit would be the way to go.
Hello very. Nice
Hi Dylan, what's the water temperature like with you at the moment? 🏊😀
@@EverydayAthleteRach hello what a joy to hear from you a hug good. Video...good day..