Sentences with phrase «mm suit»

A 7 mm full wetsuit with hood, booties and gloves are standard fare for scuba divers, with a 3 mm suit recommended for even casual summertime snorkelers.

With year round temperatures ranging between a cool 75 ˚f and a bathwater 84 ˚f divers are comfortable in 3 mm to 5 mm suits.

A 3 mm suit is adequate for most all divers.

From December through March a 5 - mm suit might be in order, and a cover - up to mitigate evaporative cooling during surface intervals.

In warmer months, a 5 mm suit may be adequate, but it's a good idea to pack a good pair of gloves, a hood, and possibly an extra layer in case colder waters move in.

In winter, most divers will want a 7 mm suit, and some opt for a dry suit.

The weather was great, warm and sunny, but we still had to wear 5 mm suits and a 5 mm topsuit on top of it.

In the Fijian winter, May to October, if you feel the cold, plan to dive in a 5 mm suit, or take a sharkskin to wear under a 3 mm suit.

But after getting tired of putting on a hood, gloves, 7 mm suit, and a ton of weight to go shore diving, he decided to pick up and move back to Hawaii.

We were kitted out with a full length 3 mm suit and bootees.

I'm comfortable wearing a 5 mm wettie with an insulated hood and gloves, although very skinny people tend to like a 7 mm suit or drysuit in the winter.