If you can do either of these or both indoors, the session will feel twice as warm. These thicker suits will not stretch out over time like the 3mm and 2mm suits do. Choose Warm. With older suits that were less flexible, it made sense to go thinner to improve the paddling flexibility of the suit. Your first few sessions always seem to take longer…. No matter how good your suit and accessories, it always seems like a mission to get all the gear on, especially the first few coldwater sessions of the season.
Take your time and know that after a few sessions you will get the routine down and it will feel not much harder than putting on your boardshorts. Keeping your socks on to help slide your feet through the suit, makes pulling on the legs of your suit way faster. Those you should wear on the outside of your wetsuit.
Buy a box fan. This will dry out your gloves and boots overnight and help avoid that nauseous, puking feeling you get every time your hand gets close to your nose. Drying these items out avoids the rank greenery that grows inside them when left wet, causing them to smell like poo. Re-think your Winter quiver. Everyone else feels heavy and sluggish when they put all that gear on.
If you take a winter wetsuit, boots and gloves and soak them in water, they can weigh as much as 12 pounds. Easily the first skill you forget when you finish your open water course but the most imperative to retain for accurate buoyancy control.
On my dive boat a weight check is mandatory on dive 1 and every subsequent dive when you change any variable. Once in the water; put your regulator in your mouth, do not kick your feet and breathe normally while emptying the BCD completely. Once your head goes under make a nice, long drawn-out exhale.
Resist the urge to kick. When wearing thick suits the buoyancy changes dramatically in the first 10 feet and you will feel heavy very quickly once it compresses. At depth, air should be added slowly and steadily to the BCD to achieve neutral buoyancy: leading to effortless, relaxed fin kicks. Who knew? To avoid ascending faster than the group, or omitting a safety stop completely because of a rapid ascent, safely ascend in a controlled manor by releasing any rapidly expanding air from the BCD if needed on the way up.
The sleeves if full-length should fall at the wrist bone and the legs just above the ankle bone, and there should be no gaps, pockets, or rolls of neoprene. It is important to understand that after a wetsuit gets wet it will loosen up and feel more comfortable. One thing that you may find unusual is the extra neoprene in the armpit of a wetsuit. If the suit is too tight you will be warm, but your movement will be restricted and you will not be as comfortable as you should be.
In some cases it could result in irritation where the seams rub against your skin. Also, a fit that is too tight will put a lot of stress on the wetsuit, causing the neoprene to thin out and the seams to leak and break down faster.
All the gaps and extra material will allow more water into the suit, making your body work much harder to stay warm. If you are in between sizes the best thing to do is try on both sizes, or if you are ordering online you can consult a wetsuit expert.
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