coppermaus
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Ladies, I need your help. Although there have been countless discussions on wet vs drysuits, this particular angle isn't coming up in site searches.
Problem is this:
To get my DM cert, and maybe after that instructor, I have to dive in 60-64* water where I'm freezing and thus have a hard time getting my work done. This past weekend I was in the water for 4 hours one day and an additional 3 the next. The result was the early stages of hypothermia and now a nasty cold. Literally, I was turning blue after only 10 minutes.
:frown2:
Rather than continuing to use an ill-fitting rental 7mm farmer john and shorty with a hood and gloves, I obviously need to get something of my own. The men's medium I wore fit well from the waist down but was roomy in the chest/shoulders area.
The question is, will I be warm enough if I get a 7mm that fits better? Or should I consider going dry?
I don't have the money to buy a drysuit, which means I'd have to keep freezing until I could save for one. Also means no money to go anywhere warmer to dive this year. But I also can't afford to waste $$ on getting a wetsuit that doesn't keep me warm for several hours at a time in 60* water.
Everyone else in the program is male and well-insulated, so their recommendations may not apply to an icecube like me. So I wanted to hear from other skinny cold-natured women who have wetsuit experience in this temp water.
Thanks!
Problem is this:
To get my DM cert, and maybe after that instructor, I have to dive in 60-64* water where I'm freezing and thus have a hard time getting my work done. This past weekend I was in the water for 4 hours one day and an additional 3 the next. The result was the early stages of hypothermia and now a nasty cold. Literally, I was turning blue after only 10 minutes.
:frown2:
Rather than continuing to use an ill-fitting rental 7mm farmer john and shorty with a hood and gloves, I obviously need to get something of my own. The men's medium I wore fit well from the waist down but was roomy in the chest/shoulders area.
The question is, will I be warm enough if I get a 7mm that fits better? Or should I consider going dry?
I don't have the money to buy a drysuit, which means I'd have to keep freezing until I could save for one. Also means no money to go anywhere warmer to dive this year. But I also can't afford to waste $$ on getting a wetsuit that doesn't keep me warm for several hours at a time in 60* water.
Everyone else in the program is male and well-insulated, so their recommendations may not apply to an icecube like me. So I wanted to hear from other skinny cold-natured women who have wetsuit experience in this temp water.
Thanks!
