4/9/2006 - Dry Suit Demo Day/ Tank Dive Part 2
Well yesterday Saturday (April 8th) was the Dry Suit Demo and Tank Dive at my LDA. It started around 10am with a tour of the building the new tank is in. When you are up stairs on the deck looking in to the tank it looks just like a back yard above ground pool except your 20ft off the main floor. The tank has and entry ladder that leads to a nice size platform in about 4 ft of water after that it 15ft down to the bottom. Water temp is a nice 80 degrees at least that what it was yesterday.
After the tour we had the Dry Suit Demo.These suits were his Rentals that were Diving Concepts and Bare. The owner of the shop told us about the different models of suits we would us and and the difference in each one and yes the price range. He also talk about what to wear underneath the suit, what temp the suit was good for, how to inflate and deflate your suit,how to don and doff the suit, how the seals work, how and how you can make some repairs your self. how to weight yourself,and last how to keep your suit in good condition.
Then we pick out the suit we wanted to try out so i had a Bare 6mm High density Neoprene suit on which is for cold water diving only from 50 degrees and below.So you don your suit get in the water on the platform form where a dive master help you by holding you tank and bcd while you slip it on. Then when the other diver got out of the water from his or her dive you and the instructor who was Cathy that was in the pool to dive with you to make sure everything was ok. It was one on one for about 12 minutes at 15ft.
What did i learn ? I came away with knowing more about Dry Suits then i did when i got there at the LDS on Saturday morning. Oh yes we were told about the Squeeze and where they happen at and what points of the suit and body they occur.Yes i felt it.
You divers out there who dive in Dry Suits have one hell of a GOOD piece of equipment So until next time Dive safe Dive Often
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