Gloves for warm water diving; super thin?

[soonerwink]

Do a search for the, Atlas 370 palmtech gloves, they make the best warm water gloves. I have got everyone at the Aquarium even using them now. They last a lot longer than neoprene, or tropic gloves also. I was able to use them in Cozumel last year with the permission of our DM. I was taking pictures and touched some of the feathery stuff that resulted in several stings to my hands. I asked our DM if I could use the thin gloves and he said no problem.

 

[boulderjohn]

Gloves and knives are prohibited in the Cozumel Marine Park. I often come back from there with a burn on a hand from brushing a brown feathery looking organism, even tho I try hard not to touch anything.

I was taking pictures and touched some of the feathery stuff that resulted in several stings to my hands. I asked our DM if I could use the thin gloves and he said no problem.

Stinging hydroids

 

[OceanEd]

Laguna is right about the Akona gloves. Besides the gloves he mentioned they also have a pair with a thin neoprene back and a kevlar front for the fingers and palm. I use their thinnest gloves which are all kevlar with no neoprene when I am warm water diving both in Florida and the Bahamas.

 

[Shoreliner11]

I second the use of gardening/working gloves. I agree you don't need to touch the reef 90% of the time but the remaining 10% can results in mild abrasions and cuts you don't notice until they become infected. On the other hand if you're doing any kind of photograph or other underwater work a well placed finger or two can be very helpful depending on your situation. I particularly like these gloves:

The Roc Work Gloves | Walgreens

They are sufficiently thin but also have good protection and are durable. I've also used dishwashing gloves but I find they don't stay on to well for my skinny wrists and are susceptible to tearing.

 

[Dr Neil]

For locations that allow gloves, I use inexpensive neoprene or gloves similar to the Altas 370 palm techs. For wreck diving is a necessity.

But in the warm tropics the glove ban keeps the mooks from grabbing onto things. It is perverse fun to watch someone grab fire coral.

 

[DandyDon]

For locations that allow gloves, I use inexpensive neoprene or gloves similar to the Altas 370 palm techs. For wreck diving is a necessity.

But in the warm tropics the glove ban keeps the mooks from grabbing onto things. It is perverse fun to watch someone grab fire coral.

Yeah, I understood that the reason for no gloves allowed on coral reefs was to remind the diver to avoid touching any of it so as not to damage the reef or the diver. Divers can grow new skin back much faster than the reef can repair damage done by them.

Surely this was not meant the way it came out?! [-]"...you don't need to touch the reef 90% of the time but the remaining 10% can results in mild abrasions and cuts..."[/-] :shocked2: Just swim far enough away from the reef as to not touch it.

On a wreck with a mooring line, sure - wear protection, but elsewhere - abstain.

I have been known to carry gloves in my BC pocket to don before ascending a mooring line on a reef.