You know you're a COLDWATER diver when....

[Diver0001]

What about the ladies in the thick wetsuits?

Doesn't make the cut in my book. You gotta go dry to be hot.

R..

 

[Rookie_J]

you get excited when you find the thermocline at 30'

 

[Ishie]

Doesn't make the cut in my book. You gotta go dry to be hot.

R..

:116:

But if I buy a drysuit, I'll have less money to spend on camera equipment!!!

 

[sea nmf]

. . . . when the exposed skin on your face goes numb

(sure, I live in Hawaii now but did most of my diving in PNW)

 

[Paco]

When a thermos full of hot water to pour in your wetsuit before and after the dive is high on your equipment list. (Just took it off cuz I'm diving dry now. Yippee)

 

[Paco]

Also when you realize that summer diving below 30 feet is no warmer than ice diving, so why not dive year round.

 

[sharkmasterbc]

When u don't teach students to purge second stages when doing a predive check in case they freeze open.
When u keep your suit on to go to the beer store after the dive.

 

[dmmike]

Its hard to answer the question "hows the water temp" because I wear a dry suit, dry gloves, hood, and full face mask.....

 

[Canadian_Diver]

On second thoughts - you don't feel guilty

Yeah, it will feel a bit odd not donning my drysuit... something tells me I'll get over it though.

 

[Canadian_Diver]

... when you complain after a dive that you had some savage nut-squeeze going on at 30 feet.