Drysuit Diving
Why, you might ask, would anyone in South Florida want to dive a drysuit? You would be surprised at the reasons. Among them:
- People dive drysuits comfortably in water as warm as the upper 70s.
- Even when the water is relatively warm, the air can be cold. Standing around in a wet wetsuit is no fun when the air is in the 50s or below.
Diving dry requires more in the way of knowledge and skill than diving wet does. Attempting to dive a drysuit without the proper training is actually dangerous, which is why you need training.
This course generally takes just a single day and two dives. You can sign up in person, over the phone or online by clicking the button below. If you sign up online, you will still need to call to schedule your class.
This program generally takes just one day and two dives. With sufficient notice, we can usually offer this course when it’s most convenient for you.
- Be at least 15 years old.
- Be certified to at least the Open Water Diver level.
- Be able to answer No to all the questions on the medical questionnaire or obtain a physician’s approval for diving.
$489.98/person includes:
- All instruction
- eLearning
- Certification processing when earned
- Drysuits are available for rent if you do not own a drysuit.
You supply:
- Mask and snorkel
- Adjustable scuba fins and wetsuit boots
- Adequate exposure protection
- Cylinder (one per dive)
- Regulator system with alternate air source
- BC with integrated weight system or weight belt
- Weights
- Dive computer
- Underwater compass
- Dive knife/cutting tool
- Dive light
- SMB
Items you don’t already own are generally available for rent. Students are also responsible for gas fills and boat fees or dive site admission.34
Why, you might ask, would anyone in South Florida want to dive a drysuit? You would be surprised at the answer.
- To start, the water need not be cold in order to appreciate what drysuits offer. People dive drysuits comfortably in water as warm as the upper 70s.
- Even when the water is relatively warm, the air can be cold. Standing around in a wet wetsuit is no fun when the air is in the 50s or below.
- Many divers in South Florida frequently travel north to cave country. There, drysuits are the norm rather than the exception.
- Some people just get cold more easily than others do.
Diving dry requires more in the way of knowledge and skill than diving wet does. Attempting to dive a drysuit without the proper training is actually dangerous.
Fortunately, if your diving needs dictate diving dry, we can get you that training.
In this course, we cover:
- Dive planning
- Proper donning of drysuit
- Review functions and operation of drysuit
- Buoyancy check and proper weighting
Drysuit Skills
- Inflate and defate drysuit
- Roll out from an inverted position
- Hover in a fixed position while neutrally buoyant
- React to a runaway inflator
- React to loss of buoyancy
- React to fins being shot off from inversion
- React to drysuit squeeze
- Ascend and perform safety stop
- Ascend and exit
Most importantly, we don’t practice these skills until you finally get them right. We have you repeat them until you can’t do them wrong.
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