diverrex
Contributor
After 6 years and 225+ dives of diving wet I think I am finally going to make the switch to diving dry. Not sure if my wetsuit has become compressed or I'm just getting less tolerant of the cold but I just don't enjoy diving in 54 degree water as much as I used to. I spend too much time looking at my computer thinking "I can make XXX more minutes of this". I went to the DUI demo day in December and am headed back out this weekend. Very likely I'll end up getting a DUI FLX Etreme. I hear lots of conflicting info on undergarments. I used the DUI Polarstretch in Dec and thought it was fine. Some love the Thinsulate. But I know lots of people like Fourth Element with some saying the Artic is fine, others like Halo 3D, while others think Halo 3D is too warm for our waters. I hear others that like the MK3, Thermal Fusion and all kinds of other choices.
So for those diving dry in SoCal what undergarment do you use?
And with a year round temp range between low 50s and higher 60s do you:
1. just use the same undergarment all year?
2. have two or more different undergarments?
3. or layer in the winter months? If so with what?
Any other stay warm tips while diving dry in our winter months?
Deco diving is not in my future but I would like to do 60 minute dives in 52 degree water and not be cold.
I put this in the SoCal section instead of Exposure Protection because I am most interested in what local divers use, but of course feel free to pitch in no matter where you dive dry but pleae help me make sense of your comments by telling me the temp range where you dive.
Thanks for any info.
So for those diving dry in SoCal what undergarment do you use?
And with a year round temp range between low 50s and higher 60s do you:
1. just use the same undergarment all year?
2. have two or more different undergarments?
3. or layer in the winter months? If so with what?
Any other stay warm tips while diving dry in our winter months?
Deco diving is not in my future but I would like to do 60 minute dives in 52 degree water and not be cold.
I put this in the SoCal section instead of Exposure Protection because I am most interested in what local divers use, but of course feel free to pitch in no matter where you dive dry but pleae help me make sense of your comments by telling me the temp range where you dive.
Thanks for any info.