 Mens Wetsuits
There are any number of reasons why a man would want a wetsuit. Granted, if scuba diving in a
cold climate, there's no question that a wetsuit is required.
You see, a wetsuit, depending on the thickness of the material insulates the body's heat around the wearer's body,
which has quickly warmed the water that has seeped into the wetsuit.
The material that makes wetsuits is called neoprene. If you are going to be submerged in very cold water, there are
even copper or titanium lined wetsuits to actually reflect your body heat back into your body. Any wetsuit needs to
fit properly or else there will be a water exchange taking place, and your warm water insulation will be replaced
by cold water totally defeating the purpose. In order to achieve the right fit, the older style wetsuits had
zippers in some of the hardest to reach places such as up your back, but the new neoprene/nylon suits are now made
of stretch material so that they can even be entered through the neck hole! This is thanks to the latest technology
of course.
Most mens wetsuits are made of 1.5 to 10 mm of neoprene. The thicker suits inhibit movement more than the thinner
ones, so if you are not going to brave exceptionally cold water, do not purchase too thick a suit. A much thicker
closed-cell neoprene will be needed for very cold water.
Mens wetsuits are not just used to protect one from the cold either. For instance, they are used to protect the
wearer from being stung by jellyfish, or raking body parts against the ravages of coral, which can cut skin like a
knife rather easily. You should also be aware that a wetsuit makes you more buoyant. Granted the weight of the
tanks will help with this, but this is why divers frequently have to wear weights to prevent them from rising to
the surface when they wish to remain down.
If you dive at greater depths than 60' you will also need to wear a thicker men’s wetsuit. You see, water depth
causes compression of your neoprene wetsuit. Compression means that you will not have as much of the warm water
surrounding your body.
There are a number of different mens wetsuits too, besides there being kid's suits and womens wetsuits. A full body
suit does just what the name says, and protects torso, legs and arms, and even sometimes the top of the head as
some come with an attached hood. Next you have shorties, which leave a portion of your legs and arms exposed.
Farmer John's leave your feet and your arms exposed.
Another innovation recently utilized in the making of wetsuits is being able to have wetsuits come in all kinds of
colors. If you wish to have high visibility in the water to other divers for instance, you may wish a bright orange
or even a bright yellow wetsuit. The debate is still on as to whether one color or another will prevent shark
attacks, but the yellow ones are called "yummy yellow" if that gives you some idea of someone's sense of humour
about colors and mens wetsuits.
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