Helpful Hints
The simple answer is because you stay warm. The current thinking is any diving that increases thermal loss, thereby decreasing comfort and safety, may be done better in a drysuit. This includes long dives in warm water, deep diving, dives that involve little movement (i.e., photography or marine life study) and repetitive diving, especially if you tend to chill easily.
Hard, Cold Facts
Water draws heat from your body 25 times faster than air. The colder you are, the more at risk you become for hypothermia, out-of-air emergencies (cold divers use air faster) and decompression sickness (a 30% higher risk when chilled). Stay dry and you stay warm.
With its system of zippers, attached boots, and seals at the neck and wrists, a drysuit keeps virtually all water out, leaving you surrounded by a cushion of air that your body warms to toasty levels. In other words, a drysuit is like a raincoat. It keeps you dry and allows you to adjust what you wear underneath depending on the outside temperature.
The Solution
So, if you want true thermal comfort while diving, if you want to stay warm the entire dive, not just non hypothermic, but warm, you’ve have one choice; buy a drysuit.
With a wide range of styles available for every budget, why aren't you diving dry?
*info from DUI Website *
CluB CorneR
Check out the clubs new web page, www.nwadventuredivers.com. It's still a work in progress, so if you have any ideas or suggestions make sure you pass them on. There's also a Facebook page for the club. Just look under NW Adventure Divers and join the group.
Monthly Meeting
February's meeting will be on the 25th. We changed it from the 3rd to the 4th Thursday of the month permanently due to a conflict with our Open Water Class schedule.
Social hour starts: 6:00 pm.
Meeting Starts: 7:00 pm.
Guest Speaker- YOU ! It's your time to share your stories with each other. Do you have a great story? Funny story? We want you to share it with us. So be thinking about that for Feb's meeting.
SHARE YOUR ADVENTURE
Come on don't be stingy with the Scuba diving/lifestyle photos. We've set up at page, so you can proudly display some of your photos that you've taken over the years. Send them to your email address scubasports@hotmail.com, and we will post them on the website for everyone to admire.