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WETSUIT_ENG_DE_FR_20200408
WETSUIT_ENG_DE_FR_20200408
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Putting on the wetsuit
1. Unzip the wetsuit, make sure that the suit is fully unzipped.
2. Start with your feet and legs. Once you have the wetsuit lined up, pull your
wetsuit over your foot and ankle, gradually working it up over the knee one leg
at a time. Make sure that any wetsuit padding is properly aligned.
There shouldn’t be any large wrinkles or folds. Once the wetsuit is up around
mid thigh, switch to the other leg.
If either you or the wetsuit is wet and you have difficulty pulling it on, consider
using plastic bags or socks on your feet. This can make it easier. Work out rolls
and ripples in the wetsuit as you move up your legs.
3. Once the suit is past mid thigh on both legs, gently pull the suit past your hips
until the seam is nestled snugly in your crotch. Now pull the suit up over your
torso and onto your shoulders.
4. Insert one arm at a time. Use the same method that you did with your legs.
Be careful with fingernails on the fabric. Gently pull the suit up your arms and
then lift it onto your chest.
5. If you have a rear-zip wetsuit, have a friend help you zip up. Reaching and
trying to zip it yourself can put strain on both the zipper and suit which could
damage the suit seams or teeth in the zipper. Use the webbing grip at the
zipper end.
6. Close the Velcro fastenings over the zipper and at the neck area. This prevents
the zipper from unzipping and make your suit more watertight. Also adjust the
arm and leg seals and close arm and leg zippers. If you have boots, hood or
gloves, make sure they are installed properly to get the best seal to prevent
water from getting into the suit.
Before diving
Weight yourself properly
Spend some time getting your weight right, work with your dealer and/or
instructor to become relaxed and comfortable with your diving system.
Buoyancy control
Practice buoyancy control with all of your equipment in controlled conditions in
confined water before diving in open water.
Taking off the wetsuit
1. Unzip the suit fully or have a friend or partner to unzip it if it is a rear-zip
wetsuit. Unzip arms and legs.
2. Remove the wetsuit from your neck and shoulders. Peel the wetsuit off of
your neck and down your shoulders. To get it off of your shoulders it helps to
slide a thumb between your shoulder and the wetsuit.
3. ”Peel off” the suit of your arms. One at a time, remove your arms from the
wetsuit. Be sure to use your fingertips rather than fingernails. Pull each arm
fully out of its sleeve, leaving the arms inside out.
4. Pull it down your torso and hips. Peel the suit down your torso like a banana.
Then you’ll want to pull it past your hips in a single motion. Wiggle if you need
to in order to get the wetsuit past your buttocks.
5. Roll the wetsuit down your legs. When you get to your ankles, put a hand
inside of the wetsuit at the ankle and use it to hold the wetsuit leg open while
you slide your foot out. Repeat with the other foot.
