| Every-one's thermal comfort level is very different | | | | than their workmates. But, who in their right mind |
| and depends on many factors: body weight, fat | | | | would work in an office with the air conditioning on |
| component, level of acclimatisation (whether you | | | | full-blast all day, so that you begin shivering, reduce |
| normally live and dive in warmer or cooler latitudes); | | | | your mental and physical functioning, and are not able |
| how warm you are before you start a dive, even | | | | to perform even the most simple office job? This is |
| how much or how fast you will be moving during a | | | | exactly what happens as you begin to become chilled |
| dive.The rate at which your core temperature can | | | | as a diver. At the least, it's dangerous for you, the |
| drop underwater varies depending on your body | | | | diver, and, if you are an instructor, it becomes |
| surface area and constitution. All these things matter. | | | | dangerous for your students as you are not able to |
| Diving is no fun and also not safe when you are cold. | | | | give them 100% of your attention. |
| Often the first you may know about it is you begin | | | | Thermal chilling is really a very serious issue.Getting |
| shivering, this is pretty serious, and means you are | | | | cold is not cool. Attitudes like this put divers at risk |
| heading towards trouble and you should end your | | | | and only increase the stress of scuba diving. |
| dive. | | | | The scuba diving stress management team at |
| Diving instructors regularly stir each other up about | | | | Psychobubble are working hard to change these |
| wearing the least amount of rubber they can, as | | | | ingrained attitudes of the testosterone-driven dive |
| they try to prove how much more macho they are | | | | industry! |