Surf Tops -- No Hoods

[JoeP]

This may be a stupid question, but...

What do you guys wear/do when you are wearing a Surf Top (Simms, Aquaskinz, etc.) with NO HOOD when the nice heavy downpours come?

Especially on a nice cold October/November night with big surf and cold rain -- or even in the summer with a heavy rain squall?

I can wear my hooded Gore-Tex jacket when I know its gonna rain -- but what do you do when you have the Top on and rain comes unexpectedly.

Please don't say buy a Hurricane Top - - I've spent enough money on waders & gear this year.

[PurpelNoon]

I just bought a Gore Tex LL Bean hat for that purpose. If I hear that there is going to be a chance of rain, I can just stuff the hat into somewhere inside my outfit and take it out and replace the cotton ball cap with it.

[luds]

I've had the same problem finding something good for this situation.

I bought this really lame waterproof hat with ear flaps from REI. I would consider the Aquaskins hood if it had a small brim to keep the rain out of your eyes. I've seen some surfers with hoods with brims. You could look into that option.

[piemma]

I wear a Quaker Lane hat that has had so much saltwater hit it has gone from charcoal gray to almost white. In the late fall I go to my Bronco with the hood.

[Saltheart]

I carry a jacket with a hood in the good weather (light goretex) . In the cold weather , i wear the heavier jacket with a hood anyway. I think you need a hood in the fall , it retains so much heat in addition to keeping you dry. I also like the hood for the heavy weather to have a little visor on it. mine is only about an inch long but it menas the water drips past my face instead of running down it.

[BasicPatrick]

In extreme conditions Iwear the Aquaskinz separate hood...I also love my Rampage top that has a hood built in

Mostly just a hat and I got a very special new hat for this fall...loaded with MOJO