I admit I'm sometimes torn when it's 102 F. in the shade in Sept. and the water temp is 72 F., I sometimes find myself looking longingly at my wet suit........but, juggling the weighting all over again just seems like too much trouble, so like you, sometimes I just toss my hood...or gloves.Originally Posted by RebreatherDave
"Blessed are they who learn from their mistakes. For they shall make, if not necessarily fewer of them, different and more interesting ones."
Or, if I'm REALLY desperate, I just crack my zipper ever so slightly....I admit I'm sometimes torn when it's 102 F. in the shade in Sept. and the water temp is 72 F., I sometimes find myself looking longingly at my wet suit........but, juggling the weighting all over again just seems like too much trouble, so like you, sometimes I just toss my hood...or gloves.
"Blessed are they who learn from their mistakes. For they shall make, if not necessarily fewer of them, different and more interesting ones."
I usually go topless (as in hoodlessI admit I'm sometimes torn when it's 102 F. in the shade in Sept. and the water temp is 72 F., I sometimes find myself looking longingly at my wet suit........but, juggling the weighting all over again just seems like too much trouble, so like you, sometimes I just toss my hood...or gloves.) in summer too, but not on the longer/deeper dives..
As far as drysuit/wetsuit, I tend to get cold easily and I don't like the 'constriction' of a wetsuit, so that's why I go dry 365 days a year
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Exactly. Plus, there's the matter of thermoclines, where it can be 72 F. on the surface, but 60 F. at 100 ft.I usually go topless (as in hoodless
As far as drysuit/wetsuit, I tend to get cold easily and I don't like the 'constriction' of a wetsuit, so that's why I go dry 365 days a year
The other variable is liners, of course. You can adjust the thickness of the liner that you wear, to adapt to various conditions.
"Blessed are they who learn from their mistakes. For they shall make, if not necessarily fewer of them, different and more interesting ones."
San Diego here too....
Dry Suit divers ARE weenies!!
As they say: 'There are two types of divers: those who pee in their wetsuits and those who lie.'Dry Suit divers ARE weenies!!
"Blessed are they who learn from their mistakes. For they shall make, if not necessarily fewer of them, different and more interesting ones."
I thought Windoze PC uers were weenies......
All this Cold water discussion made me go put on a sweatshirt....We need to get you guys to warmer waters
Maybe we need to get you to colder watersAll this Cold water discussion made me go put on a sweatshirt....We need to get you guys to warmer waters
MissyHello, Hello
Hola!
I'm at a place called Vertigo
¿Dónde está?
It's everything I wish I didn't know
All this Cold water discussion made me go put on a sweatshirt....We need to get you guys to warmer waters
Ill be in on that. Where are you taking us?
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u peed in your what??!! 
