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KeithG
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What say you? Global warming perhaps?
On our recent Caribbean dive trip we finally dove with no wetsuit. First time ever. Wonderful! I AM a slow learner.. Less weight is wonderful.
We were certified a bunch of decades ago in the Great White North and were taught that wetsuits are required. Custom fit. It was just a question of how thick. For many years I dove a 7mm shorty (based on the top part of my first cold water suit) and often wondered why people shivered after the night dive. The water was the same temp as during the day. I never got cold. Ever.
This trip was the second one with new custom fit wetsuits and I was always warm in my new suit. I had switched from a 7mm shorty to a 3mm full suit. It was too hot. She has swapped a worn out crushed out torn up 3mm for a brand new 3mm that trapped air. She had troubles getting the air out of the suit so she could submerge. She hated her new suit...
One dive she said "I am hot, this suit sucks". So she tried without. Awesome dive. We had tested ahead of time to determine how much weight she needed to dump. Next dive I also tossed the wetsuit. Wonderful.
On our recent Caribbean dive trip we finally dove with no wetsuit. First time ever. Wonderful! I AM a slow learner.. Less weight is wonderful.
We were certified a bunch of decades ago in the Great White North and were taught that wetsuits are required. Custom fit. It was just a question of how thick. For many years I dove a 7mm shorty (based on the top part of my first cold water suit) and often wondered why people shivered after the night dive. The water was the same temp as during the day. I never got cold. Ever.
This trip was the second one with new custom fit wetsuits and I was always warm in my new suit. I had switched from a 7mm shorty to a 3mm full suit. It was too hot. She has swapped a worn out crushed out torn up 3mm for a brand new 3mm that trapped air. She had troubles getting the air out of the suit so she could submerge. She hated her new suit...
One dive she said "I am hot, this suit sucks". So she tried without. Awesome dive. We had tested ahead of time to determine how much weight she needed to dump. Next dive I also tossed the wetsuit. Wonderful.
