By El Caringo on Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - 8:04 pm: |
We don't have wetsuits. Does anyone have a feel for expected water temps?
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By Bas on Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - 10:00 pm: |
It was 28 celcius today
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By Brian on Thursday, August 8, 2002 - 3:08 am: |
Diving in Bonaire is very good and dive times tend to be more than an hour so you may start to feel cold even though the water is warm.
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By Susan Feldman on Thursday, August 8, 2002 - 10:21 am: |
I really would suggest getting skins, and booties, at least - if you intend to do shore diving you want some protection. Also, even with temperatures around 80, after a while you get cold.
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By Michael Gaunt on Thursday, August 8, 2002 - 1:55 pm: |
This is going to sound really lame, and I don't mean to scare you, but I was actually wishing I had my 7mm with me last time. Like Brian, we were doing 4-5 dives per day and by the end of the week my core body temp had dropped quite a bit. Even in the 3mm full wetsuit I was freezing (and my dive computer said it was 78 degrees). Now, that trip was in March, so the water was probably a few degrees cooler, but if I can fit my 7mm suit in the suitcase, I'll take it with me. We're going back in 16 days and I'm already starting to pack.
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By Becky Grennan on Friday, August 9, 2002 - 10:34 am: |
OK. I can understand how you would get cold. But isn't the air temp really HOT in Sept? Wouldn't you just warm right back up after about an hour on the surface?
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By Michael Gaunt on Friday, August 9, 2002 - 11:22 am: |
Becky - you're right about the air temp, and yes, you do tend to warm up right away once you get out of the water. I'm not sure exactly how the body works but I suspect that even though you may warm up your extremeties, your core temp inside your body is still down a degree or two. It doesn't take a big change in body temp to be noticeable.
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By Magdalena Podoska on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:31 am: |
Has anybody dived on Bonaire in a 7 mm full wet suit?
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By Michael Gaunt on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 1:43 pm: |
Wet Suit Discussion
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 2:22 pm: |
Linda (my wife), alternates by a metal-lined full 5mm, and a farmer jane/top 7mm combo here on Bonaire, so a 7mm full would not be unusual especially for a cold-sensitive diver (a number of the female professional divemasters dive with thicker suits too here).
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By El Caringo on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 8:45 pm: |
Michel, that archive was very helpful. I'm thinking of buying a 5mm suit for my September trip. Thanks
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By Magdalena on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 3:28 am: |
Michael, Jake,
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By CMOH on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 11:48 am: |
Magdalena -
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By Renee Bayes on Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 11:13 am: |
Steve (my husband) dives with his 3mm and a shortie on top. He is susceptible to cold though. It seems to work out well, because he can choose to skip the shortie if he's feeling warmer or towards the beginning of the trip.
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By lonnie hoover on Friday, August 16, 2002 - 5:23 pm: |
Unless you are cold natured you should have little difficulty diving without a skin in Sept. The water in Sept. is near the warmest of the year, around 82degrees. The temp. in march is near the coolest of the year, around 78 degrees. Happy diving!
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, August 17, 2002 - 1:48 pm: |
ok, gonna throw my $0.02 in...we were there last september, and yes it was 82-85 degrees. I wore a full 3mm with no dive skin and it was perfect. my husband michael, wore a t-shirt and shorts and was hot all the time...it is really a very individual thing...if i had only had a t-shirt and shorts, i would have probably suffered hypothermia! lol!...locally we dive in 55-69 degree water with full 7mm, 7mm hood, 7mm gloves, and 7mm booties and a skin to boot. i think the longest I have lasted when the water was 69 degrees is about 47 minutes, and at that point i was getting cold...i must be "cold sensitive" like linda...i'm gonna remember that one jake and use it next time someone calls me a wooss when i have more on than michael
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By DARLENE ELLIS on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 8:37 am: |
I get cold easily and only snorkel and I find that I need to wear a 3mm shortie and still start getting chilled after an hour of snorkeling. My husband does not need to wear a wet suit so I guess it is a personal thing.
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By Sylvain Labastrou on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 2:00 pm: |
We where in Bonaire last year in September and the average temp was 78C. My wife and I both wore 2mm skin suits (not neoprene) and it was fine for 1 hour dive. What makes the big difference is the hood. Don't dive without it if you want to stay warm.
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