Scuba Gear Buying Guide: Exposure Protection (Warm Water Diving)

Neo Sport by Henderson Lycra Skin Suit

When diving in waters cooler than your body temperature, it brings down your temperature. In even the warmest, tropical waters, you tend to need a bit of thermal protection to keep warm on long dives. Hence, the need to wear  exposure protection like a wetsuit or dry suit. Another plus of wearing a wet or [...]

SCUBA Gear: A Complete Wetsuit Buying Guide

Mares Trilastic Deluxe Wetsuit

Wetsuits are a Scuba diving basics. We think it’s a must-have Scuba essential as we mentioned in the 10 Rules of Buying Scuba Diving Gear post. Picking the right wetsuit to suit your needs right from fit, thickness and style can be a little tricky if you don’t know much about them. Here’s a complete [...]

World Record Broken As Massive Shoal of SCUBA Divers Outnumber Fish

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Have you ever been on a dive where you look out not too far away into the distance and see a massive shoal of barracuda’s, jacks, fusiliers or other variety of fish give you that feeling of being small and insignificant in their world? Well, that’s exactly the kind of feeling some fish off the [...]

What is the Difference between a Wetsuit and a Drysuit?

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A common question from divers and non divers alike is what’s the difference between a wetsuit and drysuit and how can you tell one from the other. The most obvious answer comes from the name itself- a drysuit keeps you dry and a wetsuit doesn’t.  Then the question arises, why use a wetsuit instead of [...]

To Shorties or not to Shorties?

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A shorty wetsuit or known simply as ‘Shorties’, refers to wetsuits that covers the torso and has short sleeves for the arms and legs. The question of whether one should wear a shorty wetsuit has been asked and debated constantly by divers. When should a diver opt for shorties over a full body wetsuit? The [...]