diffeence between scuba diving wetsuit and surfing wetsuit?
to i’m looking at wetsuits and i’ve found a wetsuit thats fairly cheap and good quality, but it says its a scuba diving wetsuit.
whats the differernce between a surfing wetsuit and a diving wetsuit, and could i use a diving wetsuit for surfing?
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i think they’re called drysuits for scuba diving because they dont let any water into the suit
There are lots of wetsuits that are sport specific, but quite often, they can be fairly generic. When I started surfing over 40 years ago, the wetsuits we wore were all designed for scuba diving. They had front zippers, and metal snaps, that damaged both the surfboard, and sometimes very delicate portions of our bodies.
In general, surfing wetsuits have zippers in the back and are made of differing thicknesses of neoprene. Many diving wetsuits are one thickness throughout, because they don’t have as many ‘flexibility’ panels. I haven’t dived for years and years, but I still snorkel sometimes, and do a lot of shopping at a neighborhood dive shop. Scuba Max, Henderson, Mares, US Divers are scuba oriented brands. O’Neill Billabong, Hurley, Quicksilver tend to be surfing styles. However, most of the big manufacturers make suits suitable for both.
DON’T buy a wetsuit on line (see the question from the guy who asked about one he bought on-line that didn’t fit right). Whether you go to a dive, surf, or general sports shop, the folks there will help you get the right suit. Good luck.
They are built for different sports. Surfing wetsuits are made to be very flexible.
The Surfboard Man
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