Jeff_O
Contributor
The part about quick movement is right on. I was wanting to cool off before getting in to my bc an start diving. Splashing into small waves head first before a dive in a dry suit was a foolish thing I found out. Mosy into water to cool off, better idea. The folding attached drysuit boots inside out I am quite hesitant thinking it could compromise seams. Finding leaks on the outside of the suit and transposing the position to inside to patch inside the suit worked for a while till too many leaks all showed up at once. My Peet brand boot wader dryer I use to dry the inside of attached boots. I don't usually need to dry much down at boots and almost never fully wash inside the suit. But I have used the good stuff made to clean drysuits and wetsuits, a shampoo and separate a deodorizer with good microbes and cold water. Heat will kill the microbes and manufacturer warns not to use but cold water and drip dry. My wetsuit Can drop dry, but not the interior of my dry suit down to the attached boots.as someone already said, there is only one way to know for sure......a leak test.
i am still trying to figure out why anyone would do a half hr surface swim. lol
could be any number of things:
a seam (sad if it is a new suit)
neck seal (especially if you were moving your head a lot during that long swim)
wrist seals (were you using your hands to swim at all?)
zipper (again, sad if it is new - was it zipper all the way closed and docked properly?)
loose exhaust valve (could easily happen on a new suit)