scubajoe86
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When in doubt it is time to ask the experts. My wife and I have both logged about 200 dives but mainly in the warm Caribbean waters off of Cozumel. We're headed to the Galapagos islands and this is our first experience with cold water diving. We are switching from 3mm full wetsuits to brand new 7mm full wetsuits with hoods, and I need some help on a good starting weight for our checkout dive. I'm not worried if I'm a little off as I can trim out the weight on subsequent dives, but I'd like to avoid being grossly under or over weight to start.
We are both fairly small people and with our 3mm full wetsuits in salt water we typically use 8lbs of weight. I wear a men's medium wetsuit and my wife wears a women's size 8 wetsuit. Keeping all other gear considerations the same, can anyone tell me a good starting point for weight using the 7mm wetsuits?
Thanks in advance for the help. Cheers Joe
We are both fairly small people and with our 3mm full wetsuits in salt water we typically use 8lbs of weight. I wear a men's medium wetsuit and my wife wears a women's size 8 wetsuit. Keeping all other gear considerations the same, can anyone tell me a good starting point for weight using the 7mm wetsuits?
Thanks in advance for the help. Cheers Joe