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Dry Suit Diver

Course Description:

Expand your diving season to year round. Enjoy total comfort in a hostile environment. Stay in the water longer with a dry suit. The NAUI Dry Suit Diver course offers essential knowledge of a dry type exposure suit. Lecture topics include: suit types and construction, insulation types, and inflation gases. Practical sessions stress proficiency in dry suit use and safety skills.

 

Prerequisites:

-NAUI Open Water course

-NAUI Advanced course.

 

Types of dry suits we use:

We will provide all of the necessary gear for this class  We use OS Systems nylon dry suits with standard 7mm neoprene gloves and hood.

 

Skill Requirements:

-Proper weighting

-Reacting to inversion

-Reacting to flooding

-Reacting to uncontrolled inflation

-Proper Maintenance