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That would depend on how cold the water is. In California I had buddies diving dry but using 3 mil or work gloves so they could feel the buttons on their camera’s. For local winter diving that wouldn’t work :(
Then there were those Florida divers I saw last month diving dry because the water was down to 71 :)
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The quarry I dive is 42 degrees below 50 ft There are usually a few thermoclines in between. In mid summer, the surface can be in the upper 80’s & drops from there. Next winter, when things are slow, I hope to send my suit into DUI for a Zip Seal retrofit.
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I haven’t read all the responses. One suggestion I got is depending on the drysuit. Is to use kitchen rubber gloves. They will seal over your cuffs insulating your dry gloves underneath. I thought it was crazy until I watched one of the divers using them. We were ice diving at the time.
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From Jgidley: I haven’t read all the responses. One suggestion I got is depending on the drysuit. Is to use kitchen rubber gloves. They will seal over your cuffs insulating your dry gloves underneath. I thought it was crazy until I watched one of the divers using them. We were ice diving at the time
I do not have drygloves for this coming suit (it is currently being built),... just regular seals. Without a ring system, just rubber gloves alone will not work. I tried the ring system several years ago & could not get it to work. That is when I retrofitted my current suits to Zip Seals. They worked great! The suits just didn’t hold up. I will send this suit in to DUI to retrofit it with Zip Seals this winter, when things (diving- wise) are slow. I figured I would just use wet gloves until such time.
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Last time I was ice diving I had wet 3mm gloves. Burrr. I’m going to upgrade.
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Yeah, 3mm a little too thin for me. I was hoping technology may have improved some, since several years when I wore them.
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