Cold Water entering my wetsuit

[Hillmorton Scubie]

Sounds a stupid comment, but.
I have recently managed to loose approx 20 pounds, but unfortunately cold water is now entering my wetsuit at the arms and legs. I could buy another wet suit, but was hoping someone might have a remedy. Its less than 6 months old. Advice to start eating fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is not required Ha Ha.

 

[del_mo]

Put it in a clothes dryer?

 

[erparamedic]

Put it in a clothes dryer?

That's an idea, but wouldn't it potentially harm the integrity of the neoprene?

 

[spectrum]

Have you reached your weight goal?

Water volume in your suit as you know is evil. You end up with a heat sucking peristaltic pump. If you are still loosing weight and need to manage for a while here are a few ideas.

*Wear gauntlet gloves. They will give you the best shot at slowing water movement in and out of your arms.
*Add neoprene socks in your booties to tighten that opening.
*If you can find something like an AeroSkin Polyolefin Jumpsuit to wear under it will take up some of the slack and contribute a slight amount of extra warmth.
*Pour water into your suit before entering the water. Either room temp or warm, whatever lets you get into the water without heat stress. If there is going to be some water volume in there then make the initial hit comfortable and not a big loss of heat.

If you are at you goal weight (congratulations!) either find a neoprene tailor (good luck) or treat yourself to a nice fitting new suit.

Pete

 

[Garrobo]

Rubber bands or Velcro straps.

 

[Teamcasa]

Take it to a custom wetsuit shop and have altered. Been there - done that.

Dave

 

[wjefferis]

I am quessing that you are not diving in warm water by the sound of your post? If you have a sortie suit you could wear it underneath your suit to help insulate you some more. The gauntlet gloves as previously stated will also help. The biggest problem is that even if you seal off the wrists and ankles you will still have a loose fitting suit that will allow increased volumes of cold water within your suit defeating its purpose. If you are diving in colder water I have a Mares semi-dry that has rubber seals at the wrists and ankles and the neck like a dry suit. I use it to dive during the winter and it works like a charm. It lets in so little water that many times I have to break the seal around my neck after entering the water to let the air out and some water in so that I don't float like a cork.

 

[musicalmike]

some of the suggestions above are good bandaids. Get down to your fighting weight and then alter your existing suit, or by a new one.