cold diving

TL/DR: Poseidon XStream, Mares Abyss 22 Navy II, and Interspiro RS4 have been harshly tested to 198ft at 29 ± 1°F (-1.7 ± 0.6°C). This exceeds any nationally approved standard. Information in this post is only as good as the date of this post, the Navy may add or subtract something from their...

I've been very much a vacation diver for the last 8 years. Every trip, I come home resolved to start diving at home, but there's one big thing holding me back. I run unusually cold, and live in California. From what I can tell most folks in my area go with a 7mm wetsuit. I can't really go up...

Without regard to price, what do you consider to be the current top 3 - 5 drysuit models for cold water rec diving?

Aqua’rd Turtle with C and J Sports at Beaver Lake, Eureka Springs, AR will have a cold water diving session at Beaver Lake on Sunday Dec 15, 2019. Meet at C and J sports by noon. I have no personal/monetary affiliation. Just FYI.

Hi everyone, I just got my Santi E.Motion Plus drysuit with Smarteals. I am looking for a pair of heavy duty dry gloves. I am 165cm (5'5) so I have small hands. I've checked Waterproof latex gloves hd and fourth element's heavy duty dry gloves. They have the same sizes and the smallest ones are...

I've just got back to the UK after a living in Australia for a year and after doing 50+ dives in the last year want to keep the momentum going in colder waters (not TOO much colder than Sydney where i often dived 14C in a 5mm) Anyway, I want to get a drysuit straight away and besides a bit of...

...very cold but worth it ;-)