Just finished drysuit course!

[Decompressionable]

Hi everyone! i went diving in 40 degree weather and water yesterday in a drysuit for my SSI cert. It was amazing. it seems as tho every time i dive some way or place new, i want to go deeper, colder and more technical.

but not to look past the dive: we hit a quarry-turned scuba park and had a great first dive but a better second. saw a great "helldiver" from WWII that was sunk. and even though I was sporting wet gloves i still found myself sooo comfortable in the drysuit. NOT ONE LEAK!

anyway, thanks for all of your advice along the way. I hope to be on wrecks soon and maybe under ice.

Yay diving!

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Hi everyone! i went diving in 40 degree weather and water yesterday in a drysuit for my SSI cert. It was amazing. it seems as tho every time i dive some way or place new, i want to go deeper, colder and more technical.

but not to look past the dive: we hit a quarry-turned scuba park and had a great first dive but a better second. saw a great "helldiver" from WWII that was sunk. and even though I was sporting wet gloves i still found myself sooo comfortable in the drysuit. NOT ONE LEAK!

anyway, thanks for all of your advice along the way. I hope to be on wrecks soon and maybe under ice.

Yay diving!

Congrats!!! Welcome to the fun:14: Drysuit diving opens up so many options

 

[Fyshebait]

I never actually took a "drysuit course"....I learned how to dive in a drysuit, and I was 50 or so dives in before I ever put on a wetsuit! That comes from being in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where many of my diving friends go dry year-round. I actually took my course in March, and did my first checkout dives while there were still ice cakes in the water! I will never be without a drysuit...however, I have to say that as soon as the water warms enough for me to bear it, I switch to the wetsuit. The drysuit is essential here, but there is just no comparison to the comfort and freedom of movement a wetsuit provides...I'd rather be a little chilly (if it's just a little!) and wet than toasty and dry...and bulky and clumsy in 7 mm of neoprene.

I never have tried one a crushed neoprene or the trilaminate drysuits...they look as if they would be much more comfortable, even if it meant wearing more padding underneath. I'm sure many of the ScubaBoarders have experience with these...are they worth it? Or does all the extra layers underneath mean you're still just as mobility impaired?

 

[H2Andy]

NOT ONE LEAK!

don't get used to it

 

[chipwd]

Hi everyone! i went diving in 40 degree weather and water yesterday in a drysuit for my SSI cert. It was amazing. it seems as tho every time i dive some way or place new, i want to go deeper, colder and more technical.

but not to look past the dive: we hit a quarry-turned scuba park and had a great first dive but a better second. saw a great "helldiver" from WWII that was sunk. and even though I was sporting wet gloves i still found myself sooo comfortable in the drysuit. NOT ONE LEAK!

anyway, thanks for all of your advice along the way. I hope to be on wrecks soon and maybe under ice.

Yay diving!

Sounds like Dutch Springs. If so, how was the vis? I dove the Helldiver last fall and vis was really poor. The rest of the quarry was pretty decent vis

You'll love the Sikorsky!

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

I never actually took a "drysuit course"....I learned how to dive in a drysuit, and I was 50 or so dives in before I ever put on a wetsuit! That comes from being in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where many of my diving friends go dry year-round. I actually took my course in March, and did my first checkout dives while there were still ice cakes in the water! I will never be without a drysuit...however, I have to say that as soon as the water warms enough for me to bear it, I switch to the wetsuit. The drysuit is essential here, but there is just no comparison to the comfort and freedom of movement a wetsuit provides...I'd rather be a little chilly (if it's just a little!) and wet than toasty and dry...and bulky and clumsy in 7 mm of neoprene.

I never have tried one a crushed neoprene or the trilaminate drysuits...they look as if they would be much more comfortable, even if it meant wearing more padding underneath. I'm sure many of the ScubaBoarders have experience with these...are they worth it? Or does all the extra layers underneath mean you're still just as mobility impaired?

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