As some of you know, my diving has pretty much been warm-water, apart from the odd few trips up to Stoney last October/November.
Whilst at Stoney, I used a semi-dry suit which was fine, although clearly not as a effective at keeping out the elements as a dry suit.
I really want to do a lot more UK diving (my salary doesn't afford me the luxury of warm weather diving every week you see...
) and so I'm guessing it makes complete sense for me to get my dry suit course done and dusted...
But in the meantime, I am perfectly happy in a semi dry with temps down to about 9/10 degrees so I guess I should be OK doing that in the UK for the next couple of months? I'd really really like to dive the Farnes - what sort of temps could I expect to experience there in the near future? When would you imagine is the latest time of year I could go there in a semi dry or would I be better off doing my dry suit course sooner rather than later??
I have the chance of a dry suit course next weekend in Stoney (will obligatory pool sesh first of course) so do you think I should go for it? For some reason I'm a little nervous of the whole dry suit thing as I heard it can be a little, erm, 'painful' when it clings....
Any advice much appreciated.
(And I promise I'll file my North Cyprus dive report soon, still catching up on the interruption of my career at present!)