would you wear a hood ?

[Scubamedicjoe]

would you wear a hood if water temps was 66 degrees

 

[Ari]

Is, clearly, a hood. I have a very hard time leaving my hood behind, even in warmer waters.

In case of more than one dive a day, I will only dive with a hood.

Ari

 

[jdb]

I hate wearing a hood. Its got to be pretty cold for me to put one on.

but I don't get cold that easy.

 

[etowndiver]

Its a fact that most body heat is lost from the extremities. Heat will leave the body until the body/water interface is 87F ((98.6+66)/2). At 87F the body will be adversely affected. At 66F or almost any other temperature (maybe except tropical climates during the warmer months) there is almost no reason not to. That being said, I only been diving for a year with 5 dives. If anyone has other more experienced opinions, I'd be glad to hear them.

thanks for letting me respond,

joe

 

[ScubaScott]

95% of my diving is where I have no choice but to wear a hood, so when I get to warm waters - 60 deg+, I usually don't wear a hood - maybe more for the novelty than anything.......

SS

 

[Big-t-2538]

yeah, you're right...most heat leaves the body through the head, and most likely I should be wearing a hood at 65 degrees, but I so rarely get to see those warm temps than when I do, it is kind of like AC in your car....

It would be the same thing as a little old lady in FL turning on the heater in her house when the temp gets below 75. Hell, I'm outside running around in shorts and a sleeve-less T. IT is all relative to what your body has adapted to.

 

[etowndiver]

Big-t
Thanks for putting it in perspective. On another note, is there a safety factor in wearing a hood, or like you said, is it what your body can handle?

thanks again,

joe

 

[scuberd]

I would probably bring my hood to the dive site, and figure it out when I'm there. My hood is the one piece of equiptment I hate so I would leave it behind if I could.

 

[Big-t-2538]

There are times when I wear a hood in 80 degree water too...of course that is a search and recovery dive in 20 ft of water with absolutely no viz, and a ton of crap in the lake to cut yourself or injure yourself on, so yes, that would be my safety factor.

 

[Soggy]

I wore a hood in the Bahamas.

I hate not having a hood on. The mask strap grabs my ears and pulls them down...very uncomfortable. Sometimes I even wear a hood in the pool.