achu
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I thought I was a wimp when I first got here... but now it is worse!!!
I certified in the Puget Sound, 7.5mm wetsuit and thought, "I´m crazy! Who the heck wants to dive in this freezing cold water". My feet started to numb as I walked into the water for my first OWC shore dive...
Now 2 years later, I´m living here in Cozumel. I wear a 3mm full, 3mm shorty and a 5mm hood... and guess what? I´m FREEZING! I now think that 95-100 degree air temp is starting to get hot outside and 75 degrees is truely cold (polar fleece pullovers for the 75 degree weather).
I´ve already started to dive less and less because I get so cold... but I LOVE diving...I want to go diving, but don´t like being frozen! So, what am I doing wrong? Should I be eating a massive meal before going diving? Do some exercise on a diving morning to get the blood pumping? Eat Peppermint patties on the dive boat before backrolling? Bring some mexican hot salsa and down that before the dive?
Sigh, ok, if you guys don´t have any great ideas for me, at least tell me I´m not the only one that has to debate about whether I REALLY WANT to backroll into that freezing water...
Achu
I certified in the Puget Sound, 7.5mm wetsuit and thought, "I´m crazy! Who the heck wants to dive in this freezing cold water". My feet started to numb as I walked into the water for my first OWC shore dive...
Now 2 years later, I´m living here in Cozumel. I wear a 3mm full, 3mm shorty and a 5mm hood... and guess what? I´m FREEZING! I now think that 95-100 degree air temp is starting to get hot outside and 75 degrees is truely cold (polar fleece pullovers for the 75 degree weather).
I´ve already started to dive less and less because I get so cold... but I LOVE diving...I want to go diving, but don´t like being frozen! So, what am I doing wrong? Should I be eating a massive meal before going diving? Do some exercise on a diving morning to get the blood pumping? Eat Peppermint patties on the dive boat before backrolling? Bring some mexican hot salsa and down that before the dive?
Sigh, ok, if you guys don´t have any great ideas for me, at least tell me I´m not the only one that has to debate about whether I REALLY WANT to backroll into that freezing water...
Achu