Contrary to popular to what many will say there are many who prefer wet diving when it is comfortable to do so. Of the divers I dive with regularly who have gone dry I'll estimate that 2 out of 3 will dive wet when able. I'll qualify "able" as meaning that a temperature below 50F is unlikely and topside conditions are favorable for changing. Such is the season here in Maine at this time. There are some that never go back and that's all fine and good.
Shore diving in a wetsuit makes thermal overload a lot easier to manage. Try pouring a liter of water down the collar of your drysuit some time.
While you can build some interesting lifetime cost models of wet vs. dry you can avoid wear and tear on some drysuit "consumables" like seals by going wet.
If you have not added a pee valve to your drysuit diving wet allows you to hydrate to your hearts delight.
A rinse of the wetsuit and it's ready for the next day. Eventually drysuit garments need laundering. The drysuit should be getting rinsed as well between dives and some method of drying the inside may be needed too. This may be a issue if dives are back to back.
The behavior of a wetsuit is 100% predictable. no valves to work, no bubble to manage. Just predictable neoprene compression and rebound.
There are some forms of disappointment a wetsuit will never cause, like dampness, wetness, condensation and seal failure. Depending what you have for a drysuit it may spell the difference between self donning and not.
The right decision for you is the one that keeps you diving the most but yes there are some reasons to go wet.
Pete
