Scuba Divers....what do you wear under your wetsuit

Thanks. Yeah I'm going to Vortex in late March to complete my cert and I know the temp there stays 68 deg year round due to the spring...I'm not worried about warmth that much...but the ease of sliding on/off the suit has me interested. My other dives will be all warm water dives...

they have 1/4" suites and hoodies there you can rent. if your a skinny dude like me and hate cold water then rent them. i have a dive skin i put under my wet suite to make removal easier. usually you can get your dive buddy to peal it off for you.
some of the bream they have in vortex are BIG

Aftco m01's

Board shorts and a hoody if it's cold.

I always wear old school long johns underneath for any colder dives. Did my checkout out of Panama City in March a few years back. Water was 66 and it still chilled me

Used to use Lycra for cold or regular board shorts and tshirt for regular. my old school relatives use panty hose...honestly. Back in he 80s.

I used to dive frequently in 68 degree water. I would wear a 3mm vest with hood under a 5mm wetsuit. Would still get cold after a while.

PADI is a dive agency that is the most popular. You can get a open water C card (certified) in 2 weekends through your local PADI dive shop. Mine had a weekend class with classroom work and pool diving on Friday evening, all day Saturday, and half day Sunday. They get you really comfortable in he pool before putting you in an "open water" environment.

Then the will have anothe session another weekend at a dive sight wheee you can repeat what you have slredy learned in the pool. They add a few more exercises but it is pretty basic.


Share air (buddy breathing)
Removing replacing mask underwater
Removing reg UW
UW buoyancy.
Equalizing UW
Simple UW navigation.
Plus some more stuff I'm forgetting.

Once you complete all that and pay them about 250-300 dollars, you get your c-card. With it you can dive with any dive shop with or without supervision and rent tanks/ gear or get a tank filled.

It's a pretty good deal if that type of stuff seems interesting. My son and I got certified about 6 years ago and only dive maybe once a year. It's fun to be able to do something with friends or family that is kinda unique.

Yeah I'm actually doing SDI cert. SDI isn't as popular as PADI but still recognized. Truthfully the real difference is the reliance on dive tables and how much PADI teaches vs how much SDI does. SDI knows people now rely on dive computers. SDI for me was all computer work for the testing...a one on one session with my instructor for my dive table familiarization and 2 days in the pool for my confined water dive...and now 2 days (4 dives total) for my open water. SDI's parent company is TDI and known for their Technical Diving training. My instructor is both PADI and SDI certified..so I kinda get the best of both worlds.