You know you're a COLDWATER diver when....

[Storker]

you cannot make rude gestures at your buddy.

It's also a mite tricky to count properly. "one, two, uh... three? five?"

I usually make do with one, two and five, five being a closed fist (AKA the 'hold' signal in warmer waters)

 

[DKL]

When you constantly say "its shrinkage" really!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

My Alaskan friend Ursa (aka "Snowbear") on her first trip to Puget Sound ... "This warm-water diving is so nice"

Water temp at the time was 48 degrees F ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[AfterDark]

Ever tried 6mm or 7mm 3-fingers?

EDIT: I'd say "When switching to 5mm gloves gives you greatly improved dexterity"

Used the old unisuit 3finger mitts and 7mm gloves which is why I settled for the 5mm gloves best compromise for diving here. I used them yesterday with my wet suit my feet were cold before my hands.

 

[Rich Keller]

When you have dove above the arctic circle and below the antarctic circle.

 

[CT-Rich]

You know the water is cold when the lump in your throat turns out to be your testicles trying to stay warm....

 

[barilhu]

When you can't stop dreaming about ice diving.
When the truck got stuck in the snow 3 times getting to the dive site.

 

[seattlepaul1975]

Or you drive home in your undergarments. It is interesting to see all the looks you get when a group of four men walk into diner wearing what looks like one piece jamies. Or in the case of the guy wearing a weezel, a man wearing a sleeping bag.

You mean wearing my tan cargo shorts with the black long johns, tan wool socks, red under armor shirt, long dive jacket and a baseball cap isn't a good look? I am shocked! Love the looks when I roll in to get a coffee or something on the way to a dive site and people are like "are you crazy?!" I just say, "no I am a diver"

 

[Dnaber]

You mean wearing my tan cargo shorts with the black long johns, tan wool socks, red under armor shirt, long dive jacket and a baseball cap isn't a good look? I am shocked! Love the looks when I roll in to get a coffee or something on the way to a dive site and people are like "are you crazy?!" I just say, "no I am a diver"

You forgot your Crocks

 

[Storker]

You forgot your Crocks

On the way to or from the divesite, in undergarments, is the only occasion I'm liable to be seen wearing crocs in public. I actually bought my first (and only) pair of crocs one and a half size too big, because I couldn't fit my feet into my Adidas slippers when I was wearing my thick wool socks.


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