Did you get many bruises from this? They often look like a blue cheese!
The main lesson is (aside from check before you jump) is... Don't keep descending once you realise your drysuit's not connected and use the BCD/wing to stop the drop long before you're shrink wrapped.
Exactly.
I know it now.
Time pressure. Team pressure. New environment. New gear. Lack of sleep. Seasick. Lots of warning signs.
Bruises you get when you skin gets pinched. I was however wearing a very very thick coverall and my skin was not directly affected. Instead, my coverall felt like plaster and I was unable to move my hands. Or so it felt. I was quite distressed.
My drysuit was connected to an inflator hose, but not firmly (rocky boat, seasick). Once I had done the swim to the buoy, the hose had become detached. The team dived without waiting for me, so I did a hasty swim down, without noticing the issue before it was too late. Inexperience had a lot to do with that.
I had not used a BCD or wing for buoyancy control before, just the suit, and an emergency situation is not the moment when new skills are picked up.
It's a long story, it starts the night before, and, well, demonstrates that drysuit squeeze sucks. Just an opinion.
Minimizing the amount of gas in the suit does make it easier to dive, down to a limit, but too little is just too little. And it depends on undersuit and temperature. If the air in the suit is confined within fibers, then it does not migrate all over the place. Thus, what you wear underneath does matter.
