What should I be wearing under my new dry suit?

[Drowning]

I just ordered a new drysuit and I am wondering what I should buy to wear under it.

 

[Peter_C]

What kind of drysuit did you buy? What are you water temps?

I wear more than most, but I also get colder than most people do. We have 47+ degree water and I wear a DUI 400g with another 100g of fleece underneath. The fleece is stuff you can buy at Costco, Ross, or REI.

 

[Scott]

What kind of drysuit did you buy? What are you water temps?

^^^^
Kind of important to know.

For me, mid 70's to about 65 deg I'll wear a Whites 200g. Sixty five to low 50's a DUI 300g. Fourties I'll wear both.

 

[BabyDuck]

trilam in 72deg - underwear, jog bra or camisole, running tshirt in some thin wicking fabric, trouser socks, merino wool socks, and a thin tilos jumpsuit on top of everything. oh, and a 5mm hood.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Like others said..

- What suit?
- What temps?
- Your size?
- You typically warmer or colder than others in the same room or underwater?

 

[Muggsy]

Depending on the temperatures, I wear just a swimsuit for warm weather to diving in Alaska wearing a Weezle undergarment Weezle Diving Services Ltd - creator of the Award Winning Weezle Undersuit and I stayed warm enough in 35 degree water. It really all depends on where you are diving.

 

[KathyIGH]

Congratulations on your new drysuit purchase! We have a short page titled "Layering. An approach to comfort" that might be helpful. It's at Layering. An Approach to Comfort

Drysuits have a huge advantage over wetsuits. You can adjust your insulation/divewear so that you can be warm and comfortable on every dive. Don't be afraid to experiment with what you wear.

Have fun and happy diving -

Kathy
DUI - Diving Unlimited International

 

[diddydidit]

Layer, layer,layer. Go to your local REI, in Canada its called MEC. Start with a wicking layer to pull any moisture away from your skin, then a mid weight layer, I wear merino wool, followed by a nice 200g fleece. This should keep you warm and not to bulky for half the price of a DUI undergarment. I wear this in the winter and dive in the Pacific Northwest and stay warmish after a 2 hour dive

 

[kathydee]

You can also get inexpensive thermal base layers at

sierratradingpost.com
reioutlet.com
campmor.com

 

[KY_BOB]

I've done relatively short dives into the water in the 40's with only thick socks, jeans, and a t-shirt but my suit is 3.5mm compressed neoprene. Try that in a trilam and you'll come up blue.

(it should go without saying but I did have on thick gloves and a hood but that's all that was "under" the suit, which was the original question)