[Fondueset]

It's true. I think the barrier to winter diving is mostly just a conditioned attitude that you don't go in the water in winter. We all do just fine in 5 or 6 mil freediving suits (Elios). The two hardest things are your face and hands. I used to get nausea from the initial face hit - so I used a Henderson Ice mask - which conserves a tremendous amount of body heat. I don't need it any more. For my hands I ordered 3 finger mitts from elios. I wear little acrylic knit gloves under them and they work pretty well.

Sanso. I've been diving mostly alone for the past few years - but now I do have a dive buddy - which makes me more comfortable with going deeper.

Hi Nostres. This time I've year I generally plan on deeper dives - just happen to run into that shad in shallow. Later in the spring I'll switch to my 5 mil with relatively more weight to get pictures of the spectacular explosion of underwater life that happens here along the breakwalls.