SCUBA DRYSUIT

Who Uses Scuba DrySuits? Which Drysuit Should I Pick?

Scuba drysuits, like scuba wetsuits are designed to lower the heat lose rate as you dive. Scuba drysuit keeps you dry, allowing you to dive in colder water than diving with scuba wetsuits. If you tend to dive in water around 21C/70F or lower, you should probably consider buying one

Diving Wetsuit vs. Scuba Drysuit

Scuba drysuit types

Scuba drysuit care and maintenance

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Diving Wetsuits vs. Scuba Drysuits

Advantages:

Scuba drysuits don’t compress as you go deeper, so scuba dry suits don’t lose their effectiveness in deeper depths.

Your Scuba drysuit should be a little snug; it doesn’t need to properly fit you, so over time, adding a beer belly you’d still be able to use the same scuba dry suit.

When getting out of the water you are dry and ready to go, and making an additional dive, wearing one isn’t that much of a deal as opposed to wearing an already wet wetsuit on a cold day.

Disadvantages:

First of all, you don’t need to use scuba drysuits in warm water. No one uses a scuba drysuit diving in the Caribbean or south East Asia, you’ll boil up inside your suit.

Scuba dry suits are more expansive, and require a lot more maintenance.

Additionally, scuba drysuits are bulkier and might not be as comfortable to swim in . Most importantly, when diving with a scuba drysuit, you need to pay attention to controlling the suits buoyancy, as the air trapped inside compresses as well.

Finally, diving with a scuba drysuit require scuba dry suit diving training.

There are two different types of scuba dry suits:

Neoprene scuba dry suits keep you both dry and warm, isolating well from the cold water.  Neoprene drysuit is buoyant, meaning you need additional weights to get down. Furthermore, Neoprene dry suits won’t become very negatively buoyant if accidentally flooded.

Shell scuba drysuits are thinner and keep the diver dry, yet you will have to wear enough undergarments to add insulation. As they aren’t very stretchy they have to be a bit bulkier. In addition, these drysuits don’t contribute much for the buoyancy if accidentally flooded.

Why using shell scuba dry suits then? Well, these Scuba dry suits are much thinner and easily stored and don’t hold moister, hence easier to pack and travel with.

Scuba drysuit care and maintenance:

Rinse carefully with fresh water. Whenever a drysuit licks, even slightly rinse its interior. Pay extra attention to the exhaust valve and low-pressure valve. Before storing, allow the drysuit to dry fully, in and out. Its important not to leave the suit hanged too long. Once dry, fold it loosely and place it in a dark place away from heat, oil and sunlight.

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