Dry Suit for Short Woman - don't dive cold often

[GF99/99]

If you end up buying eventually, my wife loves her santi ladies first suit. Unlike other brands there are smart features and adjustments that make a woman's drysuit fit properly. Other brands that have "ladies lines" mostly are just selling small men's suits. The santis actually are different.

@VikingDives I'm going to try to reach out to you today
@rddvet I made note to look at the Santi Ladies First suit. Since I am trying a new stance on diving more often, I might end up deciding to get a dry suit eventually

Im not to sure how short your are but one of my very good friends is 5'1" and could hide behind a flag pole if she turned sideways. She is very happy with her Santi, I think she has the E. Lite + she did the custom made to your measurements option.

One pro tip. If you a small framed female and you looking at getting a neck seal "ring" system try it on first and put your gear on as well. Alot of times you will find your harness straps lay ontop of the ring in an uncomfortable way. Some do not mind but others can not stand it so try it out first.

 

[pnw.diver]

My first experience in a drysuit was in a rented suit during my PADI Drysuit Certification course. The dive shop didn't have a good selection of sizes or style.

They offered a 3XL, which kinda fit anyone into it.

By style, I mean a trilaminate front zip. After the drysuit course learning portion, I knew I wanted this style of suit for comfort, ease of entry, self donning, and versatility in different temperatures.

While learning in a 3XL was not a bad experience in practicing skills, actually it was a good skill test to manage the large pockets of air that snuck out from my BCD and around my legs. However, it didn't give me any confidence in determining or testing a suit or brand that I would consider purchasing. This experience lead me to buy a second ha b d drysuit as my first suit. Once I figured out what I really wanted which included a perfect fit, I decided to get a Mods Drysuit.

A year later and around 150 dives on my Mods Drysuit it's holding up excellent and I'm still glad I got their easy on and easy off glove system and user replacable seals.

I'm totally happy with my Mods Drysuit. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[Rilelen]

One pro tip. If you a small framed female and you looking at getting a neck seal "ring" system try it on first and put your gear on as well. Alot of times you will find your harness straps lay ontop of the ring in an uncomfortable way. Some do not mind but others can not stand it so try it out first.

This is a good tip. I am also a petite woman, with a custom suit from DUI - hips keep me from fitting into off-the-rack sizes. I specifically got an older DUI ring system because some of the newer ones (and other brands’) are too broad for those of us with small frames.