Dry suits for scuba diving for beginners The best place to go to that I know of in Lancashire is a shop called Northern Divers near Standish, Wigan. Having no experience of dry suits I found them to be very helpful and easy to talk to. When I first got my dry suit I found it very tight and some times hard to breath around the neck seal. But after 5 dives the seal itself seems to shape itself to your neck and after a while you don’t notice it. When I first tried inflation with out the stab jacket or C.B.D the air goes straight into the dry suit itself . This can be quite hard because the air goes straight to the highest point which tends to ...  Read the complete review

I like nothing better of a weekend than climbing into a big rubber suit, applying some KY Jelly, attaching a few hoses and straps and then spending my time in a place with like minded people where some of my senses are restricted breathing strange gases. Sounds like the latest reality TV show from Channel 4 or one of those freak shows from late night Channel 5 viewing. Welcome to the world of the scuba diver in the cold waters of the UK. The core function of a dry suit is given in the title, it is to keep you dry. To do this it must fit you well, have sufficient seals at neck and wrists and made of a material that does not allow water through. It also needs to ...  Read the complete review

I’ve had an Otter Tech Superskin for three years and have done 140 dives in it now. As I live in Shetland and don't get to the shops very often, I bought it solely on recommendations from the internet, from Divers Warehouse in Bradford (Tel 01274 307555 www.diverswarehouse.co.uk or www.drysuits.co.uk.) They make the suits here and as far as I know are the sole suppliers. The suit was made to measure and cost me 560 ukp, and that included a 200g thinsulate undersuit and a carrysack to stuff it in after use. It has internal braces, apex inflation and autodump valves, “welly” style boots and a double zip. It came with heavy duty ...  Read the complete review