Dive Skins

Dive skins can be used on their own or under a scuba suit and are the best protection when diving, not only from the hazards found underwater, such as cuts from coral, jelly fish and sunburn with material that can provide 30+ UV protection, but also from the water itself. Salt, dirt and other chemicals or debris can affect the skin of any particular diver.

A Lycra dive skin feels like a second skin as it follows and bends in tune with the diver’s moves. For additional help in keeping the dive skin in place, they will most often come with heel stirrups and doubled arm cuffs with thumb loops, these will prevent the leg from creeping or rolling up during a dive, while the thumb loops help keep the arms and cuffs in place and not having to worry about pushing down the sleeves. Unlike some clothing, dive skins are sewn with what is called flat lock stitching, this stitching will not leave unsightly marks on the skin. With its form fitting style it is perfect for use under a wetsuit, allowing for easy on and off of the wet suit and helping to maintain warmth in cold water.

Warm water dive skins are something not many people may think are important, but according to recent statistics there are more cases of hypothermia in the Caribbean than in water that is much colder. It is an assumption that the warm water will provide for a comfortable dive with no worry about being cold, the important point is that a diver does not need to feel cold in order to be cold, when in the water the body loses heat 25 times faster, so the importance of a dive skins is for more than protection from the sun or cuts.
A camo dive skin boasts its difference from traditional dive suits. The Blue Water Hunter is a suit that can accommodate all who wish to dive, with a difference that it is not made from neoprene as many suits are. This simple detail makes it more durable and easier to pack, since neoprene can degrade from creasing, these suits does not crease and can be packed in small places without worry about permanent damage.

In addition these dive skins are unisex fitting all shapes and sizes, including young adults and has the important feature of rash guard, this prevents the irritability from prolonged use whether diving or swimming.