Drysuit for Shore Diving

[FishDiver]

What is the best type of drysuit for diving from rocky shorlines? I have a tendency to beat up the knee and upper thigh areas of my wetsuits when exiting. Most of my diving is done from shore in rocky areas with heavy surge at the entry/exit point. I don't want to buy my first drysuit and wear it out in the first season.

I have eliminated non-compressed neo from consideration due to bouyancy problems, so we're discussing trilam versus compressed neo. What is the most durable, particularly abrasion-resistant material?

 

[jonnythan]

Depends on the trilam.

Something with lots of Cordura will be very, very hard to rip. The DUI CLX and Bare HD come to mind as being almost indestructible.

However, in general, compressed neo still has buoyancy problems. DUI's *crushed* neo is the strongest stuff around.

 

[texdiveguy]

Compressed neo.

 

[Biodiversity_guy]

USIA has come up with a material for the knees, elbows, etc that has ceramic in the mix. Evidently it will even stop sea urchin spines from penetrating.