almitywife
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18C or 65F and then im in the drysuit 
How cold will you dive wet?
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ekewaka
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Why is 30F not an option?
Pinky's Brain
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I never been uncomfortably cold in a wet suit in the water and Ive never seen the point in a dry suit.
I dive with lots of people in dry suits and to me a dry suit is to much maintenance.
but thats just me Im to lazy and cheep to spend money on something Ive never needed.
On the surface it can get cold but thats why we usually setup a fishing shack over the hole in the ice or next to it with a nice big fire in front with a big pot of hot tea on it.
The coldest water Ive ever been in was -2c at 27ft with a 10-12 knot current for 2 35min dives.
Heres what happen. A bubby of mine took his truck out on the ice to early and it fell through, he managed to get a tow strap on it before it sank and tide it off to a tree on the river bank a month later after the ice had thickened up to about 3ft we went out set up the shack, built the fire, cut the holes to find his truck (it took 3) then cut a one 4ft X 4ft hole over the truck and another about 30ft up river.
In a my Bear 7mm 2pc farmer john and long sleeve sortie and 5mm whits hood, bootys and gloves.
I Put on a full construction harness under my BC, attached my trucks winch cable let out about 10ft of cable and jump in.
My buddy operating the winch realized right a way that some thing was wrong, as I plaid trolling lure being to light to sink whit only 32lb of weight and so kept flapping around and being smashed in to the ice by the current.
After he winched me out we added all the spare weight I had which was 68lb plus a 5lb pipe wrench tide to each leg and adjusting the harness so I would be keeped facing down river in a leg down position . Oh, and replace the mask that got torn off, I had to tie it to my head with bailing wire so it wouldnt happen again.
All geared up I jumped back in and even with all that weight I still didnt go straight down.(I didnt get cold because I had to work so hard to keep from becoming a spinner lure)
I attached 3 tow cables to the front and 2 500lb lift bags to the back and surfaced.
The surface was cold but thats because it was -15c and windy.
It felt so worm when I got back in the water for the second dive to bring the truck up.
Once it was pulled loose of the rock in was pushed up against I climbed in and rode it to the surface.
I think on the only person to ride in a 1969 Dodge ¾ ton w200 4x4 submarine!
The dives werent 35min because of the cold but because I had to work so hard, that that was as long as I could make my LP steel 120 last. And no, I did not use my air to fill the lift bags. Both times I surface with about 300-350psi
Anyway it took anther 8 hours to get the truck out and all winter to get it running again.
That was one of the dumbest things Ive done diving but it was also thee most fun dives Ive done.
Sorry I kind of dragged on and got off topic:no
I dive with lots of people in dry suits and to me a dry suit is to much maintenance.
but thats just me Im to lazy and cheep to spend money on something Ive never needed.
On the surface it can get cold but thats why we usually setup a fishing shack over the hole in the ice or next to it with a nice big fire in front with a big pot of hot tea on it.
The coldest water Ive ever been in was -2c at 27ft with a 10-12 knot current for 2 35min dives.
Heres what happen. A bubby of mine took his truck out on the ice to early and it fell through, he managed to get a tow strap on it before it sank and tide it off to a tree on the river bank a month later after the ice had thickened up to about 3ft we went out set up the shack, built the fire, cut the holes to find his truck (it took 3) then cut a one 4ft X 4ft hole over the truck and another about 30ft up river.
In a my Bear 7mm 2pc farmer john and long sleeve sortie and 5mm whits hood, bootys and gloves.
I Put on a full construction harness under my BC, attached my trucks winch cable let out about 10ft of cable and jump in.
My buddy operating the winch realized right a way that some thing was wrong, as I plaid trolling lure being to light to sink whit only 32lb of weight and so kept flapping around and being smashed in to the ice by the current.
After he winched me out we added all the spare weight I had which was 68lb plus a 5lb pipe wrench tide to each leg and adjusting the harness so I would be keeped facing down river in a leg down position . Oh, and replace the mask that got torn off, I had to tie it to my head with bailing wire so it wouldnt happen again.
All geared up I jumped back in and even with all that weight I still didnt go straight down.(I didnt get cold because I had to work so hard to keep from becoming a spinner lure)
I attached 3 tow cables to the front and 2 500lb lift bags to the back and surfaced.
The surface was cold but thats because it was -15c and windy.
It felt so worm when I got back in the water for the second dive to bring the truck up.
Once it was pulled loose of the rock in was pushed up against I climbed in and rode it to the surface.
I think on the only person to ride in a 1969 Dodge ¾ ton w200 4x4 submarine!
The dives werent 35min because of the cold but because I had to work so hard, that that was as long as I could make my LP steel 120 last. And no, I did not use my air to fill the lift bags. Both times I surface with about 300-350psi
Anyway it took anther 8 hours to get the truck out and all winter to get it running again.
That was one of the dumbest things Ive done diving but it was also thee most fun dives Ive done.
Sorry I kind of dragged on and got off topic:no
DeNomad
Contributor
I just got back from diving 42F in a 7 mm farmer-john wetsuit. Everything was pretty warm, except for the little of my exposed face. The hands were starting to get chilled after 30 min though. Still I suppose it is a comfort thing, if I had a drysuit I'd probably not even bother with a wetsuit anymore.
picxie
Registered
Gosh I think I'm a bit of a wimp after reading some of these! I voted for 60F (16C) however 17/18C is really my minimum I am comfortable in.
A shame because it's winter here now and it's too cold for me to be out diving yet I believe it's only 16C out there. I'm almost motivated to get out there and just deal with it!!
A shame because it's winter here now and it's too cold for me to be out diving
yet I believe it's only 16C out there. I'm almost motivated to get out there and just deal with it!!
Tigerman
Contributor
picxie: if youre not comfortable with a wetsuit in 16c and you feel its a problem and that you get too cold.. Just dont do it. Save the bucks the dive you didnt do would cost for a drysuit instead
WarrenZ
The Ultimate Bad Example
I dove 45F in a 6.5 two piece akona with a hood and kicked myself for not bringing warm gloves. My hands were the only thing that got cold.
Tigerman
Contributor
The only problem around here with diving dry in 70f/21c is that the air temp makes it rather uncool to run around in a drysuit very much.. And unlike the wetsuit you dont get the quick and easy chill by simply jumping off the pier..
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