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WARNING
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Surfacing too rapidly might cause serious dama-
ges and even death. Therefore do not try using
your dry suit as a floating device. Losing your bal-
last may cause a rapid uncontrolled resurfacing.
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Inflating your dry suit during the dive has the only
aim to create a further protection against the
cold, improving the insulating layer between your
skin and the water. When the dry suit is subject
to the water’ s pressure in fact, you will feel at
once the squeeze effect and your body getting
colder.
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In order to avoid dangerous uncontrolled head
down resurfacing, do not introduce too much air
in your suit and keep your trunk at a lower depth
than your feet.
Whenever you get the slightest feeling of too
much air at your feet’ s zone, place them at once
downwards, crouch and discharge your suit.
Whenever you have to take this position, always
remember to discharge your suit. If the feets
zone gets too inflated, you might also loose your
fins.
•
If the inflating valve starts introducing air in an
irregular way, disconnect the hose at once and
resurface.
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If you are not able to inflate your dry suit or if it is
losing a lot of air, use your jacket to get back to
a neutral balance and resurface at once.
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In case of bumping, get rid of your ballast and try
checking your resurfacing.
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In the remote possibility that the outlet valve is
blocked, we recommend to discharge air from
the wrist or neck seams, widening them with
your hands and bending them towards the surfa-
ce. Take care not to widen them too much, since
this will cause the air to flow out, but the water
will get in as well.
How to take off your dry suit
1.
On surface, disconnect the low pressure pipe from the inlet
valve and start taking off your tanks and jacket. Take off your
hood, if not included in the suit.
2. Ask your partner to help you opening your zip fastener.
3. Slightly widen your watertight collar, holding its upper part
with both your hands (fingers inside, thumbs outside). Raise
it and get your head out, taking care not to damage it with
your fingernails.
4. Remove the wrists seams by inserting softly two fingers of
your opposite hand down to the sleeve inside lining. Holding
sleeve and cuff between your fingers and palm, pull them
carefully and in the meanwhile take your hand out (be care-
ful with your fingernails). Take off your sleeve and do the
same with your other arm.
5. Take off the rest of your dry suit by being seated.
WHAT YOU MUST CHECK AFTER A DIVE
After any dive, check your suit for any damage: in presence of
any, have it repaired at once. In case of particular operations, we
recommend to refer to an authorized Cressi centre. After any
dive, your suit must be checked and got ready for the next one
carefully and systematically.
