Hi everyone, I'm heading to Egypt for a liveaboard at the start of November this year and I have a drysuit and an old 5mm wetsuit. I am always using my drysuit due to mainly diving in the UK. I am aiming to dive in my drysuit in Egypt with just a very thin thermal layer. Will I be too warm? I am trying to prevent the need to buy a new wetsuit!
Dry suit in Egypt - November
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mario-diver
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Hello,
I've just come back from a southern safari (St. Johns, Fury Shoals, Elphinstone), water temperature up to 30m diving depth was 28-29 degrees Celsius! I didn't sweat in the old 7 mm neoprene, but 5 mm would have been enough. Others have done 4 dives a day with Shorty.
Important: Always put the headband or hood over your ears afterwards because of the wind!
Which tour will it be? Have fun in advance!
Last Dive at Elphinestone:
I've just come back from a southern safari (St. Johns, Fury Shoals, Elphinstone), water temperature up to 30m diving depth was 28-29 degrees Celsius! I didn't sweat in the old 7 mm neoprene, but 5 mm would have been enough. Others have done 4 dives a day with Shorty.
Important: Always put the headband or hood over your ears afterwards because of the wind!
Which tour will it be? Have fun in advance!
Last Dive at Elphinestone:
There are definitely the logistical issues of using a drysuit on a liveaboard. If you have the sitech replaceable neck and wrist seal systems less so. On a trip to Bonaire, my drysuit zipper failed. Bonaire had an unseasonably cold current that trip and the temperatures were in the mid 70s. Not a single diveshop had 5mm wetsuits for rent. People were wearing shorties with 3mm full wetsuits.
On the Red Sea liveaboards that we have been on, there has always been a substantial surface interval and everyone removed their wetsuits between dives. They did not allow us in the inside if we had wetsuits on. So, a cold surface interval was not really something that occurred.
On the Red Sea liveaboards that we have been on, there has always been a substantial surface interval and everyone removed their wetsuits between dives. They did not allow us in the inside if we had wetsuits on. So, a cold surface interval was not really something that occurred.
RedSeaDiver2
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A lot too depends on the individual - how much you feel the cold.
What I can tell you is that the water temps here in the Red Sea have fallen off a cliff over the last two weeks - thankfully the air temps have as well
What I can tell you is that the water temps here in the Red Sea have fallen off a cliff over the last two weeks - thankfully the air temps have as well
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