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You don’t want to overheat in a thick wetsuit in tropical waters, and you also don’t want to freeze or risk hypothermia in a thin wetsuit in chilly temperatures.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's the air temperature that usually determines whether or not I wear my drysuit. I can wear thin thermal underwear and dive out in 85-degree water just fine, and thicker stuff in colder water.

What I can't do is put the damn thing on in 110 degree summer heat. By the the I'm in the suit, I'm sweating so much there's nothing dry about it.