Poll: Exposure protection used
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I occasionally can be found in a wetsuit but usually use my flex 50-50 drysuit. Average dive is shallow and lasts 50-65 minutes. Dive in Monterey one weekend a month on average. Sometimes a wetsuit is more fun. Diving dry is similar to wearing a condom. Just not the same. But then again you gotta stay warm and safe.
coreypenrose
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Grrr, you can't link pics can you!
Oh well, I dive with a DUI Flx 50/50 and a Polartec undergarment. Comfy and warm. I won't dive Monterey in a wetsuit anymore.
Oh well, I dive with a DUI Flx 50/50 and a Polartec undergarment. Comfy and warm. I won't dive Monterey in a wetsuit anymore.
coreypenrose
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Brian Gilpin:
You're in Yolo County? Where? I live out in Woodland.
coreypenrose:
We live 4 miles outside Winters in Golden Bear. To give you a general idea you leave Winters for the lake and after two miles or so turn north along the foothills for about two miles. What kind of diving do you do? I mostly do Norcal with semiannual treks to warm water and occaionaly to Socal. My wife only does warm water.
Chavodel8en
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Brian Gilpin:
I too like the feel of getting wet. The coldest water i've been in has been 51 degrees, and i my arms do get cold towards the end of the dive, but nothing too uncomfortable. If i need more warmth, I'll add a hooded vest.
coreypenrose
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Brian Gilpin:
I get down to Monterey once a month - twice if I'm doing well. I also make it out to the Channel Islands, northern and southern, twice a year on the Peace. I used to dive N-coast, but I haven't been up there in years.
Since I live so far away from the ocean, and can't really afford tropical trips, I don't have that many dives, just 260.
I used to work in Berryessa during the summer and I know the roads back in those hills. I can't, however, think of where Golden Bear might be situated. Where in the world would you turn right once you leave Winters? Are you out on the North Side of the Lake? Do you know Don Stanley, by chance?
coreypenrose
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Chavodel8en:
I did about 100 dives in Northern and Central California with a wetsuit and I used to feel the same way as yourself. Now, I won't dive California with a wetsuit. Let me tell you, once you go dry, you won't go back.
Once you dive dry, you'll fall in love with diving these waters because you won't have that shock of hitting the water, you won't have to deal with squeezing into a wetsuit and out of that damn thing, you'll be dry once the dive is over, you can actually move your arms and legs once you're suited up, you can look down without getting that rush of water down your back, and, most importantly, you can actually get warm at 95 feet without having to give your suit that special kind of funky smell!
kawikac
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drysuit, 400g thinsulate, big wool sweater, and argon.
typically 50-70 min (125 min max), 150 times a year.
typically 50-70 min (125 min max), 150 times a year.
MoostangGT
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7/5mm 2 - piece Farmer John type Wet Suit for Whiskeytown Lake (Redding)
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