Originally Posted by hbh2oguard
What the heck could you be doing? There are commercial divers working on oil rigs using dry suits, so I am sure you could find something that is not too fragile for your particular dive.
Anyway, maybe you guys are just missing out on real comfort. I would rather dive dry any day.
well in my price range atleast. Drysuits are expensive I couldn't imagine how much a commercial one would be. I know a few commercial guys that told me they will never dive dry because when it fails, which will happen someday, you s*it out of luck. Freeze and get hypothermia or get bent. Well I guess a trip to the chamber it is. I'm just starting a journey as a scientific diver which is just some data collection/sampling etc.. which takes focus and I could easily scrape against something tearing a hole in a drysuit. It just seems like pretty much everyone uses thick wetsuits around here.
Last edited by hbh2oguard; 04-04-2008 at 06:03 AM.
Look into the old style neoprene suits, they can be had REALLY cheap now, I have seen them new for $350 on a closeout. They are extremely durable and warm. Of course at that price, you can replace them as they wear so you don’t have to worry about a failure as much. Look for the neoprene seals as they too are tougher. And whoever told you that the dry suit will fail is 100% correct. It happens more often than you would think, but it is usually not a big deal, you don’t freeze and you can continue to do your decompression requirement. Don’t ever think a dry suit is dry, I am always wet after a dive.
Well, the wet/dry issue aside, the job sounds interesting. I am sure everyone would love if you posted a new thread about your scuba job. I know a lot of us would love to have scuba as part of our job. Unfortunately that usually means difficult commercial diving or low pay dive jobs like DM or instructor.
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Are you talking about the semi-dry crushed neopreme suits??? It's not really a job since it doesn't pay but more like research for school in hopes to get into a program to go to Moorea next fall for a few months doing research there. Thanks for the advice, I'll have to take a look
No, but that might be an option for you as well.
Anyway, we would love to hear about what you are doing.
Won't need a dry or wet suit there! Sounds cool!Are you talking about the semi-dry crushed neopreme suits??? It's not really a job since it doesn't pay but more like research for school in hopes to get into a program to go to Moorea next fall for a few months doing research there. Thanks for the advice, I'll have to take a look
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well yea, but I need one now since I'm in north/central CA and that's where I'm starting some scientific work.
I know! And you don't want to tough it out! But I was talkin bout Tahiti!!!! Yaaaaa!
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