The right wetsuit

[r37691]

TheSkull made a good point. Depending on the size of your class, & how quick everyone can do their skills you could spend a lot of time just waiting on the bottom for your turn. :frosty:
Also what other locations will you be diving in?
On vacation/trips, I take my 5mm (when it fits). I use a full 7mm for local most of the year due to the thermoclines. And a drysuit for those days when you just gotta be warm & toasty.
:loki3:

 

[RonDawg]

...33 mil suit...
QUOTE]

Now THAT'S a wetsuit!

I was wondering the same thing. I wonder how much weight he'd need

 

[RonDawg]

Going back to the original thread, IMHO a 3 mm shorty would be way too insufficient for low 70s water. Today I dove in water that was slightly (68 degrees) cooler at the surface, and my full 7mm one piece with 3 mm hood was just right.

Plus, after my experience today at La Jolla (got bashed up against some rocks during my exit) I am thankful I wore a full suit. I have a small bruise on one knee, and my wetsuit has some scrapes, but otherwise I'm fine. Had I been wearing a shorty my knee (and possibly other parts of my body) would have been a mess.

 

[Tampabay]

You will be okay with either a 5mm or 7mm wet suit. but a 3mm full suit will work for a couple of hours but you will be cold....

 

[del_mo]

What my instructor recommened is getting the 3 mil, and if necessary, layer my shorty on top of it. Made sense to me, so that's what we did. Saved some bucks that way, too.

 

[Gary D.]

...33 mil suit...
QUOTE]

Now THAT'S a wetsuit!

Suit compressiom isn't a problem at all, neither is sinking. Talk about a double tap

Let's try 3 mil.

Gary D.