WHY DIVE DRY SUIT FOR WARM WATER DIVING?
Did you know there are more cases of hypothermia in the Caribbean than in colder water locations? That’s because people don’t realize the impact that being in water cooler than them (cooler than 98.6°) can have on their body.

Will you get hypothermia? Probably not. But you don’t have to get cold to feel cold. Feeling cold is no fun and a crummy way to spend a vacation or a weekend diving.

In water, you lose heat 25 times faster than you do in the air. Just using a drysuit will make a huge difference. And by being able to adjust what you wear underneath depending on your dive profile, you can increase your bottom time, improve air consumption and, more importantly, substantially enhance your comfort and enjoyment. This is because each time you go into the water, your body gets colder.

SO WHY DIVE DRY?
The simple answer is because you stay warm and dry. But drysuits aren’t just for Great Lake gorillas, Florida cave jockeys and mid-Atlantic wreck divers anymore. The current thinking is that any diving which increases thermal loss, thereby decreasing comfort and safety, may be better done in a drysuit. This includes long dives in warm water, deep diving, dives that involve little movement (i.e., photography or marine life study) and repetitive diving, especially if you tend to chill easily.

HARD, COLD FACTS!
Water sucks heat from your body 25 times faster than air. The colder you are, the more at risk you become for hypothermia, out-of-air emergencies (cold divers use air faster) and decompression sickness (a 30% higher risk when chilled). Stay dry and you stay warm.

With its system of zippers, attached boots, and seals at the neck and wrists, a drysuit keeps out virtually all water, leaving you surrounded by a cushion of air that your body warms to toasty levels. In other words, a drysuit is like a raincoat. It keeps you dry and allows you to adjust what you wear underneath depending on the outside temperature.

THE SOLUTION
So if you want true thermal comfort while diving, if you want to stay warm the entire dive, not just non-hypothermic, but doggone-it, downright toasty, you’ve got basically two choices: become a short-legged flightless bird from Antarctica—or buy a drysuit and learn to dive dry.

Divers are changing to drysuits regardless of the water temperatures. Along with the increased recognition of a drysuits value have come a number of technical improvements. So, why aren’t you diving dry?