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Of course, you can wear a shorty, a full-length or even a body suit or bathing suit for diving. Just make sure it keeps you warm/cool enough and protects you from uncomfortable rubbing of your gear. It does matter where you are, though. In cold water, such as the North Sea, a dry suit is much more advisable. Your wetsuit would be fine for more comfortable climes.
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If you wear a thinner wetsuit while diving will it reduce your boyancy and can you wear less weights?
Yes. The thickness of the wetsuit most certainly factors into your buoyancy. Less neoprene equates to less lead. Cold water divers learn this quickly when vacationing south.
Is skin diving and free diving the same thing?
Free diving is diving without scuba. Skin diving means diving without a wetsuit or scuba. Since you can free dive without a wetsuit they can be the same thing but they are not necessarily always the same thing.
What is the sport of underwater swimming with flippers mask and a snorkel without a wetsuit?
Skin diving, or snorkeling.Improved answerThis is probably 'free diving' a sport in which people dive without the aid of Scuba equipment, people experienced at this often dive to great depths for extended periods of time holding their breath for several minutes.A matter of temperatureThe purpose of the mask and snorkel is to get you breathing while facing/looking downwards. This can be done in warm water without the need for a wetsuit. But if the water is cold, or you are going to snorkel for long periods of time, a neoprene wetsuit (approx. 5mm thick) or a neoprene shirt (1mm or less) is needed. However, the neoprene gives you buoyancy, and if you intend to dive deep, it will not help.
What is the sea diving suit called?
A wetsuit, a drysuit
What is the difference between a diving wetsuit and a surfing wetsuit?
in one of the them you are wet and in the other one you are dry honest... it's that simple. a wetsuit is (usually) made of neoprene and allows a limited amount of water into the suit. that is why you want a good fitting wetsuit, because you do NOT want a lot of water moving in and out of the suit, just a little. this small amount of water (debateably) warms up and helps the insulation properties of the wetsuit a drysuit is just that. you are COMPLETELY dry for the duration of your dive. it is therefor also much more complex in construction to complete this herculean task of keeping all water out of the suit from neck seals, to arm seals and such. ps: it is easy to weeWee in wetsuit, you need to have all kinds of special apparatus to weeWee in a drysuit.
What is the equipment you will need to go diving in Antarctica?
Standard diving equipement, with the use of a drysuit instead of a wetsuit. A battery operated suit heater would be optional.
Can scuba diving ruin a tri wetsuit?
Possibly as the tri-wetsuit might not be designed to swim in salt water though I'd be surprised if salt water was harder on the suit than chlorinated water
What are some basic diving accessories?
Basic diving accessories include breathing apparatus, a diving reel, dry boxes or bags, suitable apparel, depth gauges, trauma shears and a suitable mask.
What sports require the use of a wetsuit?
Wetsuits can be used in a variety of sports and activities. These include; diving, deep sea diving, surfing, body surfing, windsurfing, canoeing, white water rafting, and many other water sports.
When was the first diving suit made?
Wetsuits were invented sometime in the1950s.
Can you surf with a dive suit?
You can surf with many of the dive suits on the market. The suits that we make at Exceed wetsuits were designed to be a multi-sport suit. I personally use one suit for diving, wakeboarding and surfing. Some of the dive suits use lower quality neoprene which is less stretchy and makes movement much more difficult. This is where the quality becomes extremely important when choosing a wetsuit. A lower quality material will make surfing impossible due to the flex limit.
How do divers keep warm?
Wetsuits are typically made out of an insulating, rubber-like substance called neoprene and they are designed to fit snuggly (but not too tight). When a diver first jumps into the ocean, a small amount of water will seep in and form a layer of water between the diver's skin and the neoprene wetsuit. The diver's body will warm that water to nearly body-temperature. Because the wetsuit fits snuggly, that water does not circulate with the ocean water, it stays against the skin forming a warm insulating layer between the diver and the ocean. It should be noted that wetsuits are not appropriate for diving in all climates as they will only keep a diver so warm. Another kind of suit called a Dry Suit is worn for dives in very cold water, and these suits are much warmer. The use of dry suits requires additional training, however, to learn how to handle the additional buoyancy of the air in the suit.
