Saltair
Contributor
So this is seems like a really dumb question to me having been in, on, and around cold water my entire life. I am clear that when wet and cold you need to get dry.
On the other hand if you are planning multiple wet dives in cold water, mid fifties, when you get out do you pull yourself out of the wetsuit? Or stay in? My wife is sensitive to the cold but is brave enough to dive with me. This weekend we did the first of a planned two dives. We were in for 55 minutes and the water temp was around 55. She was pretty cold when we got out. Too cold really she should have turned the dive sooner. The sun was bright and the air temp was pretty warm, 70ish maybe a little warmer, so I figured if she got out of the wind and in the sun the suit would heat up and she would get warm. It didn't happen. we only did the one dive. I am trying to reconcile what I know would have warmed her up, getting her out of the suit and dried off with having to then get back into a cold suit that would almost certainly instantly give her a chill.
So what do most folks do? I was fine and did warm some in my suit though not as much as I thought I would. It seems clear that we need to get out of the suits I guess, but do you then spike the suit with warm water before you get back in for dive two?
On the other hand if you are planning multiple wet dives in cold water, mid fifties, when you get out do you pull yourself out of the wetsuit? Or stay in? My wife is sensitive to the cold but is brave enough to dive with me. This weekend we did the first of a planned two dives. We were in for 55 minutes and the water temp was around 55. She was pretty cold when we got out. Too cold really she should have turned the dive sooner. The sun was bright and the air temp was pretty warm, 70ish maybe a little warmer, so I figured if she got out of the wind and in the sun the suit would heat up and she would get warm. It didn't happen. we only did the one dive. I am trying to reconcile what I know would have warmed her up, getting her out of the suit and dried off with having to then get back into a cold suit that would almost certainly instantly give her a chill.
So what do most folks do? I was fine and did warm some in my suit though not as much as I thought I would. It seems clear that we need to get out of the suits I guess, but do you then spike the suit with warm water before you get back in for dive two?