grantwiscour
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The 5 mil should be nice and toasty. We were diving this past Saturday and used just a Lavacore top and bottom. It got a little chilly near the end of the dive.
Exposure protection for Kona liveaboard
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DanSinks
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The water temp in New England never gets to 75 and there are plenty of people who dive all summer without drysuits.
I use a 3mm if the temp is a toasty 70.
I use a 3mm if the temp is a toasty 70.
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Kamaros
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After consulting with a few more people (including one of the instructors at my LDS, who previously taught in Hawaii), I ended up just bringing the 5mm, with a drysuit hood, Lavacore top, and some neoprene pocket shorts. While some of the initial cold shocks before the water in the suit had a chance to heat up were pretty chilly (mitigated somewhat after I wisened up and started prefilling my wetsuit with hot shower water before dives), overall the combination of all those pieces was sufficiently warm enough to last me all 27 dives. I definitely appreciated the Lavacore top though - I tried diving without it and regretted it that dive.
Thanks to everyone who responded for the advice!
Thanks to everyone who responded for the advice!
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