Customer Reviews

Dry Suit Diving: A Guide to Diving Dry

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Don't get me wrong, this was a book packed with excellent information about the history of dry suit diving, maintenance requirements, and thermal properties of various configurations, but it was not the instructional text I was looking for. I found the text worthy as a guide to making repairs, but found it terribly boring to read. I was hoping to draw on the experiences of the authors to aid in my growth as a dry suit diver, but that is simply not what this text is suitable for. This makes a fine edition to my collection of texts and I will refer to it in the event a repair is required to my suit, but this text is NOT the instructional manual, packed with "how to" tips, I was searching for.

Although being an instructor and supposed to teach others how to dive, including dry suit diving, I've never had a dry suit diving course myself. Till I bought this book I've brought on my own experience - I thought I would have a guide that could break my self-taught bad habits.
Not so. This book gave me a lot about the history of the development of dry suits (which very much took place in my neighbourhood) and a lot about maintenance and caretaking of dry suits. These subjects deserve the three stars rating. But I still dive like I did before, as the useful tips of actual dry suit diving are scarce and should not be the reason for buing this book. Or, on second thoughts - isn't there more to dry suit diving than this?

While many dive the waters of Long Island in Wet Suits, you can greatly extend your dive season to year round or at least April to December with a Dry Suit. A Dry Suit allows you to stay dry and wear heavy thermals under the suit so you stay nice and toasty even if ice diving. The techniques for use of a dry suit are different from a wet suit.
This book explains it all in detail. This book should be required reading for all new Dry Suit divers.

We found this book very informative. In addition to teaching the aspects of dry suit diving, it also tells you how to maintain your equipment properly.