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Depends on how good you are with the dry suit and how much struggling there is. There is certainly a learning process with a dry suit, and I'd be conservative with depth and task loading for a while. The whole uncontrolled feet-first ascent does happen to some newbie dry suit divers, and may well happen to you. Not a big deal if you are at 30 feet, it's kind of a bigger deal at 120 feet.Also is there a noticeable increase of air use with a dry suit?
don't really want to buy a wet suit only to replace it soon after with a dry suit. Any advice?
My diving is primarily in the 50f to 72f range.
You're from Texas? Are you diving in Texas and if so, where? The reason I ask is generally, in the summer at least, the temperatures are quite a bit warmer than you mention.
Never mind, I just re-read your posts and you are deep and up north.
Jim