Drysuit Diving What do you need...

[formernuke]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

But srsly, immersion diuresis is generally much less of an issue if you dive dry. If you normally can hold it for an hour or so, you may well cope quite nicely without a pee valve on normal no-stop dives. At least if you can take a leak just before zipping up (which I usually make sure to do). I can comfortably count on one hand the times I've felt the yellow rising in my eyeballs before I was on shore or aboard and could zip down to take a leak again. Even if I usually get the urge rather dramatically about 45 minutes into a wetsuit dive. Almost no-one I know who dive exclusively no-stop has installed a pee-valve on their drysuit. And they don't seem to miss it.

If you do extended dives with long(ish) deco stops, that of course changes the equation quite fundamentally.

Or dive in places without bathrooms close by

 

[Storker]

Or dive in places without bathrooms close by

Bathroom?

I turn away from my mates, walk some 10-20 meters, whip it out and let go. Or I walk over to the stern, whip it out and let go. Who needs a bathroom?

And if there are ladies in the group, a gentleman knows when it's time to look the other way.

 

[formernuke]

Bathroom?

I turn away from my mates, walk some 10-20 meters, whip it out and let go. Who needs a bathroom?

And if there are ladies in the group, a gentleman knows when it's time to look the other way.

In some areas here there are a few locals trying to get divers booted from the sites. There is already a law suit against the town pending, I don't want to rock the boat plus keep most of the locals on our side.

 

[Storker]

In some areas here there are a few locals trying to get divers booted from the sites. There is already a law suit against the town pending, I don't want to rock the boat plus keep most of the locals on our side.

OK, I understand that we dive rather different sites. Me, I usually dive out in the field or from a small boat. Not a local to see. Which is kinda natural, because my part of the world is... rather sparsely populated.

And even if a random passerby were to see some dude(tte) taking a piss, very few of those would be offended. Everyone has to piss occasionally.

 

[rjack321]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

But srsly, immersion diuresis is generally much less of an issue if you dive dry. If you normally can hold it for an hour or so, you may well cope quite nicely without a pee valve on normal no-stop dives. At least if you can take a leak just before zipping up (which I usually make sure to do). I can comfortably count on one hand the times I've felt the yellow rising in my eyeballs before I was on shore or aboard and could zip down to take a leak again. Even if I usually get the urge rather dramatically about 45 minutes into a wetsuit dive. Almost no-one I know who dive exclusively no-stop has installed a pee-valve on their drysuit. And they don't seem to miss it.

If you do extended dives with long(ish) deco stops, that of course changes the equation quite fundamentally.

An hour is a short dive.

On a small uncovered boat when its raining and 8C out, peeling off layers is going to make me far wetter and far colder than having a pee valve - even if I only use it while bobbing around on the surface. The $1.75 I pay for a catheter is just the cost of doing the dive. After truck and boat fuel, breathing gas and/or sorb costs its not a relevant expense.

 

[Manatee Diver]

In the past six months my average dive time is pretty much 90 minutes to 2 hours. The shortest was 57 minutes with the longest 2 hours 45 minutes. If I were just diving recreationally I might agree and question the need to glue something to my lower brain.

 

[Ben_3]

Extra weights in your gear as you might need to adjust depending on what you wear that day with your drysuit.

 

[Manatee Diver]

Extra weights in your gear as you might need to adjust depending on what you wear that day with your drysuit.

Got 60lbs of lead rolling around my trunk. Though I am told I shouldn't need much if any lead with our steel doubles and our fairly light weight undergarments.

 

[Ben_3]

Got 60lbs of lead rolling around my trunk. Though I am told I shouldn't need much if any lead with our steel doubles and our fairly light weight undergarments.

You should be good then

 

[Mark Newland]

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