Easy question: will the waters around Melbourne get warm enough in the summer that a shorty wetsuit is enough or is it pretty much full wetsuit temps all year around? How about at Sandy Point (since it is a lot shallower there)?

....perhaps I ought to watch more youtube videos to draw my own conclusions

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kunzet said..
Easy question: will the waters around Melbourne get warm enough in the summer that a shorty wetsuit is enough or is it pretty much full wetsuit temps all year around? How about at Sandy Point (since it is a lot shallower there)?

....perhaps I ought to watch more youtube videos to draw my own conclusions

It does get warmer. In Port Phillip Bay it's around 20 deg c for most of the Summer with usually a warm spike in Late Jan - Feb.
Have a look at www.baywx.com.au/temps.html

Or the graph below.

Should see you breaking out the springsuit in December.
Maybe a nudie sail in late Feb?

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kunzet said..
Easy question: will the waters around Melbourne get warm enough in the summer that a shorty wetsuit is enough or is it pretty much full wetsuit temps all year around? How about at Sandy Point (since it is a lot shallower there)?

....perhaps I ought to watch more youtube videos to draw my own conclusions

spring suit now if it's a sunny day...

shorty from November. Boardies in December, Jan and Feb

Following this there is no wind in Autumn so I have no idea....

Sandy point is not much shallower and gets flushed with cool ocean water twice a day (so does the bay to be fair but the bay is considerably bigger than the inlet)

GP is onto it. I'm about a month out from donning the boardies and a long sleeve titanium rashie.

Average temps for the bay are at www.baywx.com.au/baytempsav.html

Waratah Bay (Sandy Pt) temps at: www.baywx.com.au/sandytemps.html

Wind chill is your biggest issue mid-summer. Hot sunny day- no wettie needed, but I find a late afternoon seabreeze sail can still chill you, so I often wear s shorty. It's usually warmer in the water that out of it then.