When do you wear your drysuit?

[Paco]

What Wildcard said. However, I still like "When I go diving" even though it sounds smart ***. When I travel to the tropics, I take a 3mm wetsuit, but around here anthing below 30 ffw and it's darn cold. I prefer dry to wet for most Wisconsin dives.

 

[phillybob]

I've only been dry for a year. I use my dry suit in the beginning of the season (March through June) when the water is coldest here off of New Jersey. Then I go with my Bare 7 mm from July till November.

 

[TheWetRookie]

Always and with dry gloves

 

[CrateCookie]

I replaced my 5/3 with a drysuit. 80 degrees F and up, wet. Otherwise, dry.

 

[IceBergSlim]

In SoCal, Europe, NY, NJ,AL, Alaska...

Places like that.

Dry suits are not such a big deal. You use em' when you need to.

 

[Far_X]

During the summer and holidaying in the Carribean, I'll wear a wet suit. During the colder months, I'll wear a drysuit. I will keep on wearing my wetsuit on beach dives until it becomes too cold to wear one. I won't wear anything thicker than a 5mm. For boat diving up here in NY, I always wear my drysuit.

 

[argos59]

I been diving dry just over a year now and I use it through all the seasons. In NY it dosent get much wamer than 73 and down to 38 in winter. Its the best piece of dive gear I ever got.

 

[TSandM]

Another vote for "when I dive". Except in the tropics . . .

 

[SeanQ]

Always. I consider 15C (60F) warm.

 

[do it easy]

I heart my drysuit. Locally, I wear it year round, regardless of the temps. I've worn my drysuit in 85 degree air temps and 75/65/45 water temps (those thermoclines can be tough ) If the water is warm and you sweat a little, what's the big deal?

The only exceptions are when I'm a victim for a rescue class, in which case I don't even use my own gear, or diving with paraplegics or quadraplegics, although the latter isn't always a rule.