Funny diving video

[FreediveWI]

When the student has been in the pool for a couple of hours without a suit on they get cold- sometimes VERY cold. An hour in an 82 degree pool will chill you out if your not moving that much- why do you think instructors all wear suits in the pool when they teach?. Why do you think we sell people wetsuits to dive in the islands? Why is DUI now offering a Tropical Dry suits? Because water sucks heat over 20 times faster than air and 84 in the sun is not the same as 84 in a swimming pool not moving.

I've worn 7mm jumpsuits for diving in the Bahamas before- extra warmth lowers your air consumption and extends your bottom time. People look at you funny on the first day of a live-aboard trip kind of funny, but by the end of the week they are asking you where you bought your suit.

This shop NEVER had a student overheat.

As far as the financial part of it goes, the shop turned the suits every two years and at this time they are the single biggest dive store chain in the state- so I guess they figured out the "real world" thing just fine.

I've worked for a bunch of different stores in the past 22 years and have seen it done a lot of different ways. This was the best system out of all the ones "I've" tried.

But, as they say, YMMV.

Jon