A good wetsuit for dynamic apnea in not-so-warm pools

[subaquaticus]

Hi !

When the water is 28-29 °C , I feel perfectly OK doing dynamic apnea clad in a single swimming suit...

But often the water is closer to 25-26 °C and then there is some discomfort doing dynamic apnea with a swimming suit...

Last week I bought following garment : shorty for aquatrekking

it cost me 40 € ;

1 mm ; inside neopren...

Up to now I did not test it in water but it seems quite OK...

I should be comfortable in pools with 24-26 °C doing jolly dynamic apnea...

since it is only 1 mm , I should not be obliged to add too much weight...

Who tried this garment ?

for ladies : shorty 1 mm for ladies

 

[donmoore]

Everything I have heard says that a hooded suit has a much better water flow than a non-hooded suit. I use a 1.5 mm Sporasub Tsunami in cooler pools. It is smooth skin outside with knee, elbow, and loading pads, and with nylon inside. I would rather not have the pads, but they are nice for spearfishing, my other main use for it. The only two thin suits I could find with hoods were the Sporasub and Riffe. The Riffe is nylon on the outside. I contacted all the major custom manufactures of freediving suits a year ago and none of them would make suit out of anything less than 3mm.

I also have 3mm Elios with nylon outside. The 1.5 mm Sporasub takes less effort. Maybe it’s the smooth skin, or maybe it’s the lesser weight needed. With the 3mm it seems like my legs want to float up when I get enough weight on the neck and waist. Ankle weights help, but then I am kicking with that extra weight. I believe the largest reason though is the smooth skin, which would be even better without the pads.

This info is probably too late for you.
don