Underwater Ogre
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I think you better stick to the online course!!
Good places to read up on how to dive with a drysuit?
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I think you better stick to the online course!!
Bob DBF
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At least you want to learn how to land.
Back to the question:
DIY can be done, mentors are better, if you pay them they are instructors, if you pay them enough and pass a class you can get a card. Your call.
Bob
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mike_s
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Yes... it's because they were wearing Split Fins with their drysuit though.
Xaryo
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chose an easy shore place, shallow, no current like a lake or a quarry and go for some dive with someone experience with a dry suit.
That is exactly the opposite I did, except for the experienced person. My two first dry suit dive were on a wreck, with current, by 60 ft depth and by boat. All went well.
The third dry suit dive was in a quarry and was not a good dive. Go figure. I'm at ten dive so far with my dry and I'm beguining to feel correct with it.
Like everything in diving , practice make better if not perfect. Don't use your dry as a BC, you have a BC for that. Just enough air to remove the squeezing feeling, but not to much. You want to have a bit of sqeezing feeling like in a wetsuit. It will be easier. But remember, what,s in the dry suit stay in the dry suit, except if you have a valve fo it.
That is exactly the opposite I did, except for the experienced person. My two first dry suit dive were on a wreck, with current, by 60 ft depth and by boat. All went well.
The third dry suit dive was in a quarry and was not a good dive. Go figure. I'm at ten dive so far with my dry and I'm beguining to feel correct with it.
Like everything in diving , practice make better if not perfect. Don't use your dry as a BC, you have a BC for that. Just enough air to remove the squeezing feeling, but not to much. You want to have a bit of sqeezing feeling like in a wetsuit. It will be easier. But remember, what,s in the dry suit stay in the dry suit, except if you have a valve fo it.
Unfortunately, yes, it's true. Not one of mine, thankfully.
Bubbletrubble
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I wouldn't recommend that approach for a novice diver.
Join a local dive club as a way of expanding your circle of dive buddies.
Perhaps you'll meet some experienced drysuit divers who can give you tips as you adjust to using the drysuit. You'll have a lot of questions along the way.
As others have stated, the most efficient and safe method of learning how to use the drysuit is to find a mentor (experienced drysuit diver who can teach) or take a formal class with a good instructor.
Looking at your profile of less than 25 dives I would not recomment that you do this on your own.
Not a good idea..either get a mentor that really knows what they are doing , and are willing to accept the liability of taking you,or take a formal class.Depending on the instructor it can be a very good experience.
You can just as easily get yourself inverted in 10' of water as you can in 100'.Most LDs will sell you a dry suit and include a class with it at no charge.
In the class you not only get experience using a dry suit but learn how to do some repairs on it,learn what options are for undergarments,materials suits are made of + more.
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