Isnt it Ironic?

[Carribeandiver]

Isnt it rather ironic that it seems as if all Florida divers dive dry? I mean, Florida, isnt that the place people from cold climates go?

 

[El Orans]

And how would this be related to DIR? :06:

 

[Mossman]

And who is all? I've been diving with a number of Florida divers a number of times and never saw any of them dive dry.

 

[Cheekymonkey]

I'm in Orlando and I always dive dry, its gotta be really hot to stop me, when it gets warm I just ditch the undergarments and dive dry anyway.

 

[piikki]

People move/go to Florida to stay warm, so why would it be ironic?

I do have a hunch that bigger portion of the "goers" ie touristas, excepting cavers, dive wet though, no?

 

[Adobo]

And how would this be related to DIR? :06:

Let me see if I can help by rephrasing the question.

It seems that many of the people who dive caves in Florida dive in drysuits. I think the TLS350 + c400 undergarment used to be mandatory when they did the WKPP dives.

Are drysuits the only "DIR" way to dive?

 

[Cheekymonkey]

Yep I moved down to FL to get that warm weather your tlaking about.

 

[Soggy]

Let me see if I can help by rephrasing the question.

It seems that many of the people who dive caves in Florida dive in drysuits. I think the TLS350 + c400 undergarment used to be mandatory when they did the WKPP dives.

That is because of the amount of time required in the water. 68-72 degrees is only "warm" when you talk about very short durations. Spend a few hours in the water, and it doesn't stay warm for very long.

Are drysuits the only "DIR" way to dive?

No. You need to have exposure protection that allows your rig to remain balanced as well as suitable for the duration and water temperature of your dive. It is perfectly acceptable to dive wet with single tanks or with aluminum doubles, but when the dives get long or the tanks become steel, a drysuit becomes a necessity to better balance the rig. Steel doubles + wetsuit = bad idea.