| As its name states, a dry suit will keep you dry inside | | | | It could also happen that you are distracted by |
| water. You may wonder why. The reason is that you | | | | something that gets your attention in the bottom or |
| need to keep your body temperature. Some waters | | | | a bit deeper than you are currently in. Naturally and |
| or seasons are too cold for using a wet suit. Also | | | | guided by curiosity instead of security, you got for it |
| some activities, that are more static (like sub aquatic | | | | head down. What occurs then, is that all the air goes |
| photography), will required more insulation than more | | | | to your feet and expands (as the pressure there is |
| energetic ones. | | | | smaller because they are the highest point). So you |
| Even divers with a lot of experience diving with | | | | are suddenly and steadily pulled up and you struggle |
| wetsuits find it challenging to use scuba dry suits. | | | | to regain control of the situation. (A quick ascend can |
| Some say that is like learning to dive again. | | | | cause decompression sickness, DCS which can be |
| But let's have a look at the main issue with this type | | | | lethal if not addressed immediately) Don't panic! The |
| of equipment: air. Dry suits are filled with air. It is | | | | solution is simple: bring the air to the upper part of |
| precisely this air between the suit and your skin | | | | your body so you can release the excess of it. The |
| which helps maintaining your body temperature (as | | | | trick is to roll yourself in a ball and then turn till your |
| you already may know, water absorbs 25 times | | | | head is up. In that position, use the valve in your arm. |
| faster the body heat than air).This air in your suit | | | | Scuba dry suits are fantastic tools to help you have |
| means some trouble when trying to control your | | | | a great diving experience in situations in which a |
| buoyancy. As any other airspaces, they are | | | | wetsuit would not be sufficient, like sub aquatic |
| compressed when pressure under water gets higher, | | | | archaeology or exploring shipwrecks. Our only advice |
| which causes folds, squeezes and pinches. No worries | | | | is that you make sure you follow the appropriate |
| here. There is an easy way to prevent this: just let | | | | training and certification before you get yourself in |
| some air in the suit through the appropriate valve (in | | | | one and that you acquire the necessary practice. |
| most suits is the one on your chest) as you descend. | | | | |