Wet vs dry

[TwoBitTxn]

I have about 20 dives in my dry suit. My last 12 dives, before this past weekend, were all dry.

I didn't realize until I dove wet this past weekend, how much I still struggle/fight with my dry suit. I havn't settled down and relaxed in it yet. I know I am getting there. I am very slowly shedding weight, and now I can let my computer monitor my SAC rate.

It just takes time.

TwoBit

 

[JDostal]

It most definitely takes a little getting used to. My first five dives in my drysuit I don't even remember what I saw. I was too busying worrying over the suit, trim, buoyancy, etc.

Just take the dives easy and next thing you know it'll be old hat. I refuse to dive wet anymore - if I'm diving in warm shallow water I'll wear my drysuit with just a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on. I hate wetsuits!

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

the inland waters have warmed up and I'm enjoying using my 3 mil full.

Dry can be a pain but I love the surface intervals with dry, that makes it worth while in my book.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

if I'm diving in warm shallow water I'll wear my drysuit with just a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on.

I do that and I end up with dry suit hickies. I'm lucky my wife believes me when I tell her I've been diving or else I would be in trouble.

TwoBit

 

[JDostal]

That's funny twobit

My girlfriend does the same thing (dives dry all the time...) we we're on level ground there

 

[AtomicWalrus]

My first 5 dives were in a wetsuit, and since then every single dive has been in a drysuit. The drysuit does take time to get used to, but it's the only way to go in colder water. I'm going to Cayman Brac next week for my honeymoon, and I'm looking forward to diving in a wetsuit again, though! I'm going to enjoy the simplicity, and the ability to not die of heat exhaustion before I get out of the water!

I've got to say - the WORST thing about a drysuit is wearing it on the surface on a summer day! Once I'm suited up on a 30°C day, I figure I've got about 5 minutes to get in the water before I keel over.

 

[JDostal]

I feel your pain on that. It's often 30c or so on land, and then 4 or 5c on the bottom. So you are getting in thick insulation, gloves, etc...you just about die on top.

 

[Bretagne]

I have never tried a dry suit, I dive wet in 11-15C waters, and I enjoy the feeling of water on the skin. If I had to wear a dry suit (to dive in colder waters), I think I would miss this feeling. I am the only one in that case?

 

[El Orans]

I have never tried a dry suit, I dive wet in 11-15C waters, and I enjoy the feeling of water on the skin. If I had to wear a dry suit (to dive in colder waters), I think I would miss this feeling. I am the only one in that case?

Nope.

I have only done dives in a (double) wetsuit as low as 5c waters. No problem.

 

[JDostal]

I don't miss it. At first, when I started diving dry, I missed the "streamlined" wetsuit feeling. But I don't anymore. I don't miss that cold, shivering feeling, nor that cold clammy just got done diving feeling, nor that love tussle with the wetsuit while getting ready for a dive