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Immersion 10mm wetsuit.
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Nope..
But using logic, based on seeing/ trying 1,3,5, and 7mm wetsuits I things its safe to assume that a 10mm suit would be (extremely) buoyant, uncomfortable, heavy at depth, hard to breath in, and yes.. Warm. However warmth mostly depends on fit.. so a leaky 10mm is less warm that an perfectly fitting 5 or maybe even 3mm that doesn't let in water.
Probably don't go more than 7mm.. Aim for custom/perfect fit, I have a good fitting 5mm (compressed to 4mm) and I'm good for 45-60 mins ice diving in Canada, and diving at the NDAC in Chepstow its only particularly cold below 40m when the suit gets really thin.
But using logic, based on seeing/ trying 1,3,5, and 7mm wetsuits I things its safe to assume that a 10mm suit would be (extremely) buoyant, uncomfortable, heavy at depth, hard to breath in, and yes.. Warm. However warmth mostly depends on fit.. so a leaky 10mm is less warm that an perfectly fitting 5 or maybe even 3mm that doesn't let in water.
Probably don't go more than 7mm.. Aim for custom/perfect fit, I have a good fitting 5mm (compressed to 4mm) and I'm good for 45-60 mins ice diving in Canada, and diving at the NDAC in Chepstow its only particularly cold below 40m when the suit gets really thin.
I used to snorkel and scuba dive in a 9+9mm two-piece wetsuit. It's amazingly warm (for a wetsuit), but weighting becomes a problem. To be able to get down with a duck dive I needed 14kg lead on me. That was painful on my back after a while, so I had to get a weight vest with a big 5kg back-plate, and the other 9-10kg on the belt.
Now I ever went down to 5-6m max so buoyancy changes weren't so important. If you're planning to do deep diving, I would not recommend it. Fighting your negative buoyancy at 30m with 14kg is going to be terrible. The suit works great for scuba diving though, at least with steel tanks that take a few kg off your belt.
Now I ever went down to 5-6m max so buoyancy changes weren't so important. If you're planning to do deep diving, I would not recommend it. Fighting your negative buoyancy at 30m with 14kg is going to be terrible. The suit works great for scuba diving though, at least with steel tanks that take a few kg off your belt.
diving in Alaska (Prince William Sound) during the winter I used an 8.5mm Imersion top and 7mm farmer john, along with 5mm socks and gloves. It was plenty for me for an hour. As mentioned, a thicker suit was cause problems getting down, and then getting back up.