Why do divers wear bathing suits under wetsuit?

[simoncpj]

Hope this isn’t a holy war topic.

I come from the world of surfing and find it odd that male divers often wear trunks under a wetsuit. Why? Is there some functional benefit I am unaware of? Because most started in rental wetsuits (and ugghh)?

Pretty easy to change into a full suit without flashing everyone so ????

 

[rx7diver]

A really old solution: pantyhose, pantyhose leggings, or pantyhose socks. They pack very small. But they're not durable, so consider them "consumables", and take several pairs.

rx7diver

 

[Billg68bg]

Concern that thermoprene may cause an abrasion in a location I don’t want an abrasion.

 

[Kendall Raine]

I wear compression shorts under a wetsuit. Not bulky/bunching like a bathing suit and prevents all the other horrors mentioned previously.

 

[MB NZ]

Most spear fishermen and probably most SCUBA divers in this part of the world go "commando" under their open cell wetsuits.

 

[BoltSnap]

I recommend this; fashionable, covers the important parts and won't get in the way:

 

[34109411]

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[34109411]

I recommend this; fashionable, covers the important parts and won't get in the way:



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[Waterwulf]

I wear a bathing suit under my wetsuit because my Wife said she'd take a regulator hose to my nekkid butt the next time I stripped down to my skinnies in front of a bunch of people again. (It was an accident! The wind caught the towel fer cryin' out loud!) I have a pair made out of Lycra (I think) that are very comfortable and don't bunch up.