Blind
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Aww man, it feels sooo good when your cold and deep and just it it rip. Pure bliss!
Why peeing in your wetsuit is a GOOD thing.
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bigfrog23
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this might be a little over the top on the hole urine is sterol thing but in a survival situation you can drink your on piss to slow dehydration. personally i have a pee valve in my dry suit so i can go any time especially important on the 3 hour bug hunting night dives and the deco stops. i got mine used on ebay for real cheep not i don't care how sterol urine is that is one thing that should not be shared b/w divers.
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Indeed it is sterile and safe to drink when fresh, but drink it quickly. Urine provides an excellent environment for bacteria growth, so don't save it for later
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I find people who pees in their suit and not rinse discusting. I can recall this one man in a very old beat up black suit and DIR gears who smells big time of urine. I don't know if it is the old suit that held the urine, or if he just can't rinse. It makes me sick to my stomach just thinking that he sat upwind from me, and his dripping were running down to my gears...
I heard that trapped urine can attract shark, any biologist can comment on this?
I heard that trapped urine can attract shark, any biologist can comment on this?
I'll play Devil's Advocate here. I worked at a dive shop for many years and can tell you that no matter how loose fitting your wetsuit is, urine does not rinse out in the water. I've washed way too many rentals to know. Think about the smell of wet neoprene when you don't get a chance to wash your gear until the day after a dive. Wet neoprene itself doesn't stink. It's the body odors that have absorbed into the cells of the material. Soaking a suit in soapy water and sometimes having to scrub is the only way to remove the smell.
As to the old addage about the two types of divers, the only people who believe that are the ones who pee in their suits. Also, we're not talking about saturation diving here. Most people have no clue what dehydration is. If you are outside on a hot day and don't drink water, you will eventually begin to feel weak. If you're doing any strenuous activity such as running, backpacking or walking across the Sahara then you need to hydrate. If you can't spend an hour or so under water without peeing, you have too much liquid in your bladder. I always remind my fiancee to pee just before we dive so we don't have to abort in the middle.
One more note. If you are peeing to warm up, you will feel instant warmth, but you will soon be colder than if you hadn't peed. Try going a couple of hours without drinking before a dive and I'm sure you will find diving much more enjoyable.
As to the old addage about the two types of divers, the only people who believe that are the ones who pee in their suits. Also, we're not talking about saturation diving here. Most people have no clue what dehydration is. If you are outside on a hot day and don't drink water, you will eventually begin to feel weak. If you're doing any strenuous activity such as running, backpacking or walking across the Sahara then you need to hydrate. If you can't spend an hour or so under water without peeing, you have too much liquid in your bladder. I always remind my fiancee to pee just before we dive so we don't have to abort in the middle.
One more note. If you are peeing to warm up, you will feel instant warmth, but you will soon be colder than if you hadn't peed. Try going a couple of hours without drinking before a dive and I'm sure you will find diving much more enjoyable.
fisheater
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Around here, the lore (not sure if there's any proof) is that the great whites are attracked by the smell of urine. Peeing in your wetsuit is considered folly, if not outright obnoxious.
miketsp
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Since the thread has been revived.
I stopped leaving my regs inside my dive bag after I once left my bag with all my gear on the deck below my cylinders on a live aboard and some helpful crew member came along and decided to put the bags under shelter because it was raining!
Anyway my bag ended up at the bottom of a pile of piss-soaked bags of dive gear.
First dive the following morning ended up being aborted until I was able to wash the regs really well.
I stopped leaving my regs inside my dive bag after I once left my bag with all my gear on the deck below my cylinders on a live aboard and some helpful crew member came along and decided to put the bags under shelter because it was raining!
Anyway my bag ended up at the bottom of a pile of piss-soaked bags of dive gear.
First dive the following morning ended up being aborted until I was able to wash the regs really well.
bracdiver
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Agreed. Remember the saying: "Urine good hands, with Allstate...."
bracdiver
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ok, all joking aside, I haven't yet peed in my wetsuit and don't ever plan on it if I can avoid it. But I can understand why there might be a time when someone might just have to let it go in order to conduct the dive in a safe manner.
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