Surfing class at the Newport pier in southern california during the month of May?

Question

So I'm gonna take a 5session surfing class during May. It meets at the newport pier in the afternoon....surfboards are provided, but no wetsuits....although I wouldn't want to wear someone elses wetsuit anyways....so i was wondering the water temp would be enough to get away with a rashguard...cause rashguards are alot cheaper than wetsuits, and I really don't want to buy one just yet....so...rashguard okay?

Answer 1

I surfed at the Huntington Beach pier and in Newport Beach in late May/early June a few years ago. I took lessons from a guy in Huntington named Robert Mann. He provided wetsuits & took us to Newport one day for free b/c the conditions weren't that great in Huntington. But yes, the wetsuit was definitely nice to have, the air was chilly and it would've gotten uncomfortable in the water without a suit.