Drysuit Out Of Place?

[BradJ]

I'm going on a Blackbeards' Bahama cruise the first of April. They say the water is 75 - 78 degrees which is probably fine for my 3mm full suit and hooded vest.
My question is, how silly would it be for me to wear my drysuit. It's a tri-lam and with little or no undergarments on I don't think I would overheat.
I've been in tropical settings before where divers have used drysuits and to be honest I always felt like they were just trying to show off their expensive gear.
I now find myself preferring to dive dry most of the time and would rather continue to perfect my dry diving technique whenever possible.
Is a drysuit ever really out of place?

 

[LUBOLD8431]

Nope, unless you are in 90 deg + water (which is pretty rare). Just bring something to wear underneath the drysuit to prevent suit hickys...
You might get some funny looks, but you will be the warmest person after a 75 minute dive (or fourth dive of the day on the fifth day of diving, etc...).

I say go with it if you are comfortable in it.

 

[theskull]

My opinion is that with repetitive dives in water less than 80 F a drysuit will be the most comfortable option for many divers, including one of my friends. My personal cutoff temp is closer to 72 F for where I switch from 3mm full with hooded vest to dry suit with cycling tights as undergarments, but many folks are less tolerant of cold than am I.

Go for it. If you will be comfortable, give no consideration to what the other fashion-conscious divers will think of you.

theskull

 

[Genesis]

Yeah, I do the same thing as Skull....

Below about 72F or so, I dive dry. In a spring, even with 72F water, I dive dry. Mid 70s and above I usually dive wet, with a 3 mil and 3 mil hooded vest being my low temp option, and just a 3 mil at higher water temps.

I've never been in water warm enough to cause me to overheat in a 3 mil.