gurumasta
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cold!!!!
11/4 one piece 7mm dive report
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ThatsSomeBadHatHarry
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i had a similar experience on wednesday. 7/5. pretty chilly.
gurumasta:
Doable with a hooded step-in over the 1 pc but I'd pass on diving in just a fullsuit at this point.
At least you know your limit , until you buy more gear.
Pete
ScubaSarus
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What was the vis like. We are doing a night dive tonight at FT Wetherill
I suggest getting an old 7mm farmer john top, sewing and gluing a hood onto it, cutting off the sleeves and putting it over a 7mm full suit. Worked for me on our Winter Beavetail diving season at 36 F water for 30 minutes. People in drysuits were colder than I on some dives. Fingers were the only problem.
I suggest getting an old 7mm farmer john top, sewing and gluing a hood onto it, cutting off the sleeves and putting it over a 7mm full suit. Worked for me on our Winter Beavetail diving season at 36 F water for 30 minutes. People in drysuits were colder than I on some dives. Fingers were the only problem.
it wasnt so much the water temp, it was the air temp once you get out. couldnt get the wetsuit off fast enough. and then being naked in the middle of the street in near freezing temps didnt help the cause much either.
air temp was high 30's. water temp was mid to high 40's.
vis was about 15 feet, maybe 20 at some points of the dive and the water was super calm.
we dove back beach do to the ultra low tide and ease of entry/exit in the cold.
ms. cleo definitely sees a drysuit!!
air temp was high 30's. water temp was mid to high 40's.
vis was about 15 feet, maybe 20 at some points of the dive and the water was super calm.
we dove back beach do to the ultra low tide and ease of entry/exit in the cold.
ms. cleo definitely sees a drysuit!!
Bring some hot water bottles to dump down your suit collar before and AFTER diving. The hot flush will buy you some time while you get situated to change down expeditiously.
If you aren't feeling crafty buy this:
http://www.bare-wetsuits.com/product_details.aspx?pid=003117&dept_id=57
I dove this and my Arctic up until last weekend. If I didn't have a drysuit I'd still be diving it.
Pete
If you aren't feeling crafty buy this:
http://www.bare-wetsuits.com/product_details.aspx?pid=003117&dept_id=57
I dove this and my Arctic up until last weekend. If I didn't have a drysuit I'd still be diving it.
Pete
FunkyDiver
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Dude, I can relate. I just dove today at a quarry in NW Ohio. I have a one piece 7mil suit. Water temp 52, and air temp around 42. It wasn't unbearable, but I won't do that again until I got something to put over it like the Bare that Spectrum mentioned above. Definitely agree with getting dressed afterward! My feet were damn near frozen by the time I could get socks and shoes on again.
Dove Saturday 11/4 ...2 tanks at Graves light. Just us and the lobsterboats. 7mm and 7mm shorty worked out fine.
My partner was cursing the leak in his Drysuit.
Does anyone out there actually own a dry....drysuit?
I must admit...there was some shrinkage during the transition to street cloths.
I even nabbed 4 keepers. Saw Lots and lots of eggers.
Might be the last one of the season unless someone offers up their boat in the coming weeks.
Coach
My partner was cursing the leak in his Drysuit.
Does anyone out there actually own a dry....drysuit?
I must admit...there was some shrinkage during the transition to street cloths.
I even nabbed 4 keepers. Saw Lots and lots of eggers.
Might be the last one of the season unless someone offers up their boat in the coming weeks.
Coach
coach87:
As long as I don't have any garment jammed under the seals mine does fine. (knock on wood) It does seem like 50% of the dry divers I go with manage to come out with a wet ending though it's usually a few ounces that a sleeve absorbed. They still enjoyed a comfortable dive.
I do agree that my wetsuit never lets me down in that regard.
Pete
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