SoCalSwami Diving

8/21/2009 - 08-21-09 LJS after extended dry-out

Pleasant early morning dive around Vallecitos Point. Spotting a lovely teenage D. iris, a large Ocean Whitefish and heard of Zebra gobys. Unfortunately, no large aircraft were spotted during the dive

Surf: 1-2'
Viz: 15'
Min Temp: 53 deg

This was my first dive after getting my drysuit 'upgraded' earlier in the week. I had the legs and sleeves altered, dry zipgloves added and replaced glued neck with zipseal neck.

The drygloves are the kind that have an internal dam, and I found them to have a few issues.
1) Glove pressurization on ascent/descent was not simple. I had to tug at internal dam to break seal to get air flow.
2) The 2" section of my wrist that was not covered either by the undergarment or glove liners got cold.

So, if anyone has suggestions on some 'best practices' with using the dam drygloves (no pun intended), please let me know. The solution I am contemplating is to cut out the dam and get some glove liners that cover the wrist, but I will wait to hear any suggestions you might have.

Mike

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