traveling with wet suits

[halocline]

I agree with Centrals, the 3 pounds was not due to moisture in your wetsuit. Either something else weighed more or the scale was inaccurate. 3 lbs of water is almost a half gallon.

 

[Dizzi Lizzi]

Roll up a wetsuit in a dry beach towel for a minute to soak up some water. Reverse and do it again.

When traveling and washing clothing I use this technique but I also walk on the roll to squeeze out the water even more.

 

[OldPhotog]

If I can lay wetsuits on the balcony of my hotel room in the sun, it drives in a few hours. Lacking that, we have dried gear by laying it out all over a motel room and putting the heat on high. Wait an hour, turn A/C on low. Repeat repeatedly. We tend to leave the room during this process, sightseeing, shopping, eating, drinking, whatever.

 

[Bruno Genovese]

For Caribbean diving I find that all I need is a full body Skinsuit (for protection, no thermal qualities) and my 3mm armless Henderson neoprene vest.

Both are light and dry quite quickly, especially (as others suggested) if the A/C air current hits them.

 

[Norwegian Cave Diver]

I think that leaving a relatively dry climate and spending even a few days in a humid climate will add to a 50 lb. case. I always fill my case to 46-47 lbs knowing that on the return it will be on 50 lbs.
I never dive the day before departure. Drysuit gets to dry out, And I drink instead!!

 

[Rob'o]

Some airlines allow extra baggage allowance for those with scuba equipment packed in hold luggage. Sometimes just a matter of letting them know at check in others you may have to tell prior

 

[PaloPinto]

I always carry my regs and computers in my carry on bags, this also helps to shed a few lbs from the gear bag. I mainly do it because I don't trust the baggage handlers.

 

[wildbill9]

I wear mine home and if you pee in it you are pretty much guaranteed a row to yourself. Hth

 

[JamesBon92007]

I wear mine home and if you pee in it you are pretty much guaranteed a row to yourself. Hth

I wore mine in Denver when I got stuck in a snow storm and all I had was shorts and t-shirts.

 

[Compressor]

I lay mine out in the sun for a few hours - does the trick. Remember to dry the outside then reverse to dry the inside. Two other tricks: 1) get a hand held digital scale - costs just a few bucks - to see where you are weight wise. 2) check in at the curb and hand the person a $5 tip before the weigh-in. I've gotten by with a few pounds over several times doing this.

I kind of do like mi000ke but I do not let sit in sun for more than 1 hour. Then either in shade if its windy and humidity is low or go inside and have the AC dry it out. In reality, I don't think it ever dries out in a day so many times, I put it in a plastic bag so that the rest of my stuff does not get wet.

Worse than the wetsuit drying are my boots. I think they take a month to dry. I put one of these PVC coupler in my boots to help vent:

HomeDepot for them.