Anyone here into open water swimming who could lend some advice? My Daughter's doing an introduction to sea swimming course - last term it was pool-based building up their endurance, and from this week they're starting out in the sea.
We've been told we need to buy a swimming wetsuit but they haven't given any specifics or particular advice about what thickness of insulation and I've not been able to get hold of them to ask. Current sea temps off the South Coast are around 11-12C, and will obviously warm up as we move into the summer.
I don't want to get one that she's going to boil in, but equally don't want her to freeze either, as the hobby will likely be short-lived! We bought one from Decathlon last week marketed as a cold-water suit, but again no information in the shop about what is considered to be cold water, and at 4mm all over my instinct when she tried it on was that she'd bee too hot.
Any tips?