How To stay Warmer Winter Diving

[@timgosling6189]

The rapid warming thing is especially important for wetsuit divers. It may be tempting to just jump in a hot shower but the first thing it does is to open up all the blood vessels in the skin that closed off to keep the blood warm in your core and brain. That can cause a sudden rush of cold blood to the heart and in extreme cases cause heart attack.

[@jeffconley6366]

Most of what you said about dry suits was applicable to trilaminate type dry suits. There are still neoprene dry suits. In neoprene dry suits they do keep you warm. I use to go ice diving with just my street clothes on under mine. As far as second stages, nothing beats the all metal second stage. I find in water where I would normally wear a full 3mm suit. If I wear a hood I can get by with just a neoprene 3mm vest and neoprene shorts. Mark, as usual great advice.

[@stuartbannatyne6763]

Heated seats make a great undersuit warmer on the drive to the site :)

[@MrIronflame]

Great info, thanks

[@rezaeica]

Hi All, I live in Ontario, Canada, I have been diving in a 7mm wetsuit so far and enjoyed it a lot. However, I invested in a Drysuit and undergarments this year after I dove in a lake at 5 °C and it was freezing cold. Now I can dive all year long. It was a great video, and I like to add one thing that was not mentioned, cold water diving is freaking expensive 😅

[@Sherwoody]

I’m also from Ontario. I use a 7mm with a skin underneath and other than my hands, I find that to be warm enough. I invested in a warmer pair of gloves and I’m pretty happy with them. Getting out of the wetsuit is the worst part, but one trick I picked up seems to work well once you do get it off. I use a cooler with warm packs inside and my clothes are toasty warm when I get dressed.

[@tarasliubenko471]

One of the best issues of your magazine. Many thanks for great advice.

[@postaltwinkie5353]

How I stay warm in the PNW: Neoprene drysuit, thickest 450gram thermals, dry gloves, 6mm hood, and a base layer. Downside? Lots of lead is required...

[@liamlefkowicz5378]

great advice

[@Aaron_DeKeulenaer]

Good video mate but did miss that training is also needed for FFM for the ones that are not ffm divers how do you equalises or clear the mask but cold water is by far the best time to dive

[@postaltwinkie5353]

Training is required to use a FFM. As for equalizing, there is a nose piece inside that you put your nostrils against to blow.

[@Aaron_DeKeulenaer]

@postaltwinkie5353 that's what I'm saying mate it's completely different the video did explain drysuit but didn't explain the big difference when on ffm at least where I am we have had far to meny people just buy ffm and not no what there doing

[@alluraromel392]

What about reusable heat packs? I live in a subtropical climate and try to dive year round. I love lobster & Lionfish hunting & I’m starting to get into spearfishing. I recently met a spearfisherman who said he uses orange reusable heat packs with a button. Gives him about 20 min of warmth. Since Drysuits & hunting do not seem to be compatible I’m looking for alternatives. I already wear Sharkskin Chillproof as a base layer to my 5mm wetsuit on my core. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[@kristerjohansson9100]

Just be careful if you are using the kind that is activated by the oxygene in the air. As long as you just use regular air to fill up your drysuit there is no problem. But a few years ago there was a case here in Sweden when a guy used them and ran out of air in his drysuit inflation bottle and plugged in his deco bottle with 50% O2. That accelerated the heatpacks and they became so warm that they gave him 2nd or 3rd degree burns on the spots where the heatpacks were placed. That kind is however not reusable, as far as I know. But still worth to think about.

[@mrchriscarleton]

Any tips for those Canadian summers? Donning a drysuit and two layers of thick undergarments for water that's 5C (41F) - when it's 32C (90F) at the surface! - is the WORST! I like to soak my hood in the cold water before kitting up so at least I have something keeping my head cool. But even then, it's a race to get kitted up and in the water before heat stroke takes you down! 😬

[@grimincat]

I use a trilaminate dry suit in the med during summer. Just making it wet is enough to not overheat, especially if there's a breeze.

[@benheckendorn2696]

great tipps Mark, I just wonder which brands would you recommend as under suits for dry suit divers, would you recommend to use a rashguard? It would be great to learn more about, I need a lot until I really freeze, but others may freeze already at 20°C so it would be great to know the different under suits for different kind of divers. PS. I already got a base layer, I may will choose J2 by 4th element, also for dry suit diving in sumer, so It's more about the 2nd layer. I look for something thin, so what do you think about 2 base layers (just for the upper part, my legs doesn't feel cold very fast. (:) Like 4th element J2 and a Bare ultrawarmth, or would you recommend something different?

[@rezaeica]

4th element has great undergarments fir Drysuit

[@Aaron_DeKeulenaer]

4th element or if looking for a cheaper option but a very good undergarment for cold water scubapro k2

[@benheckendorn2696]

👌 thanks to you both, I already bought the 4th element J2 (just the shirt) because I thought I may need something little bit more at the top part, it takes a lot till my legs get cold. So I'm quite sure about my base layers. I may wonder more if I could wear two base layers, like 4th element and Bare ultrawarmth. Or shall I better check for a K2 as a secound layers. May I should have told I already thought about the base layers. 😔

[@Aaron_DeKeulenaer]

@benheckendorn2696 depends on what k2 your after as thay have one that's for artic and is like 800grm as the full jumpsuit the k2 artic one would be more then what you need but is very worm and comfortable

[@Plut0-YT]

A lot of good advice however the only problem I have is diving around 3-4 C and the lips goin numb and it's not comfortable and the tip for it in the video was "Get an incredibly expensive full face mask and go for another certification" xD

[@MaciejJeszkeP]

Visibility during winter is amazing, same as color of water with proper sun: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3zKnnWCoah0bdk

[@alzahraniabdulrahman]

No body told you that booooof is repeated in your videos and it’s annoying 2:18