swimmer_spe
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It there a drysuit that would work for freediving in the freezing waters?
Freediving in a drysuit?
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I think the problem is going to be the amount of weight necessary to overcome surface bouyancy, and then some way to add air to the suit as you descend.
If you can manage in a crushed neoprene suit with almost no or no undergarments, that would reduce the surface bouyancy you have to overcome, but you'd still need a way to add air as you descend, and then that will make you rise more quickly unless you can vent it very quickly as you ascend.
If you can manage in a crushed neoprene suit with almost no or no undergarments, that would reduce the surface bouyancy you have to overcome, but you'd still need a way to add air as you descend, and then that will make you rise more quickly unless you can vent it very quickly as you ascend.
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best off to get one of the small wetsuit heaters and use that, with a drysuit you have to have an inflation source unless you're only freediving to like 15 feet or so, and even then it's best to have one. The little wetsuit heaters are cheaper than a drysuit and while you still have to deal with the buoyancy change of the wetsuit, it's a lot less to manage than a drysuit
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