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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!)
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...

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!)