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Take a Walk - 25 Mar 2005 14:14 GMT

Can anyone point me to a webpage given example weights for diving
equipment so I can guage what I will have to pay in excess charges on a
plane?

Going to the Med next week, would you
1) take own drysuit
2) buy a wet suit to take (and for future trips)
3) hire a suit there

given
1)I have a drysuit and dive mostly UK, might get a week 'hot' per year
in future
Cheers

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Keith Manning - 25 Mar 2005 14:26 GMT

> Can anyone point me to a webpage given example weights for diving
> equipment so I can guage what I will have to pay in excess charges on a
> plane?

http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk/index.php?refpage=airlines/ will be of some
help, it is Callum's valuable guide to airline attitude.

HTH
Keith

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Jason - 25 Mar 2005 15:36 GMT

> Going to the Med next week, would you 1) take own drysuit
> 2) buy a wet suit to take (and for future trips) 3) hire a suit there

In March? Take my drysuit, especially in the western Med, where the
temperature is probably around 11C.

Jason

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Sharky - 27 Mar 2005 16:39 GMT

phone the airline,some times they are very good and let you have an
extra 10kg for free. Coming here to the maldives i took my
shorty,fins,BCD,regs and the other bits no probs.

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imorital - 27 Mar 2005 22:12 GMT

Going to the Med next week, would you
1) take own drysuit

I'd suspect that the Med in early April will be pretty cold so a
drysuit with approproate lightweight base-layer wil be best.

Matt.

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TAW - 28 Mar 2005 00:46 GMT

> Going to the Med next week, would you
> 1) take own drysuit
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>
> Matt.

Apparently its 16 C bottom , 18c top (no missus, not body parts!)

So what does that suggest for suits?

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David Walker - 28 Mar 2005 01:48 GMT

> Apparently its 16 C bottom , 18c top (no missus, not body parts!)

Diving in the UK over the summer is around that temperature (15'c in
Plymouth in July, 19'c in Swanage in August), and I wouldn't dream of using
anything other than a drysuit. That said, a friend of mine was in a semidry
and wasn't too bad on the dives. The problem you might have is if you're
doing a lot of diving over more than a day or two then you'll get colder and
colder, and end up not enjoying it so much. In the Red Sea last December
(23-24'c) I had two 3mm suits on (full length+shortie), and was fine for all
but the longest dives (60mins+), but out of the water it was bloody freezing
and not pleasant. I swore then that if I went back to the Red Sea in
December i'd take my drysuit!

Your choice though - only thing that would potentially put me off is baggage
allowance (since I was already 15kg over last year without a drysuit).

David

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imortal - 30 Mar 2005 13:34 GMT

>> Going to the Med next week, would you
>> 1) take own drysuit
>>
>> I'd suspect that the Med in early April will be pretty cold so a
>> drysuit with approproate lightweight base-layer wil be best.

> Apparently its 16 C bottom , 18c top (no missus, not body parts!)
>
> So what does that suggest for suits?

>> I'd suspect that the Med in early April will be pretty cold so a
>> drysuit with approproate lightweight base-layer wil be best.
>>
> Apparently its 16 C bottom , 18c top (no missus, not body parts!)
>
> So what does that suggest for suits?

From what I've tried:

Drysuit, xerotherm base-layer, 1C-18C
Drysuit, no base layer, 16C-22C
3mm short legs, long arms, 25C-33C

I always wear hood and gloves with the drysuit.

IMHO, 25C is too cold for long dives in 3mm shortie, but 27C+ is OK.

16-18C is definately drysuit, the only real choice is what base-layer to
wear. My suggestion is t-shirt and shorts for short or no deco stop dives
and a good base-layer otherwise.

Anyone have any suggestions as to what to wear for dives with a 16C bottom
and 25C @ 6m?

Cheers
Matt.

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