scubagearhq.com » What size wetsuit do you know need for scuba diving? http://www.scubagearhq.com Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:08:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What size wetsuit do you know need for scuba diving? http://www.scubagearhq.com/scuba-wetsuits/what-size-wetsuit-do-you-know-need-for-scuba-diving/ http://www.scubagearhq.com/scuba-wetsuits/what-size-wetsuit-do-you-know-need-for-scuba-diving/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:12:13 +0000 admin http://scubagearhq.com/scuba-wetsuits/what-size-wetsuit-do-you-know-need-for-scuba-diving I live by the great lakes and i want to know how thick of a wetsuit do i need to scuba dive? i am taking a scuba class at the end of august and need a wetsuit before then? i was told 7mm by a couple of people and me and my buddy are diving 50 to 70 feet down.

It all depends on how cold the water is. I dive in the Puget Sound and the water ranges from 40 to 55. During the summer some people can get away with wearing a single 7mm suit. but during the winter most people use a full 7mm suit and a 7mm shorty on top of that. When I started my diving it was in the month of March. I froze my *** off in the 14mm stuff. Right after my Open Water certification I got my dry suit cert. If you are going through a class they should have rental equipment so you don’t have to buy a whole kit just to learn. If they don’t or if they say you have to buy it all then go to a different shop. For most Open Water classes all you have to buy are mask, fins and snorkel. Everything else is rented from the shop. They will have the proper suits for you to wear.

Good luck with your diving.

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