Get a perfectly fitting diving suit from Scuba Warehouse Singapore! 

Are you looking for a high-quality diving suit to make your dive more comfortable? 

We have got you covered! At Scuba Warehouse Singapore, now you can choose from an extensive range of wetsuits manufactured by top brands like Sharkskincubapro and Cressi. 

Dive wear like wetsuits are relatively inexpensive and simple. These expanded neoprene suits are typically used where the water temperature is between 10 and 25 °C (50 and 77 °F). The foamed neoprene of the diving suit thermally insulates the wearer. 

Although water can enter the suit, a close fitting suit prevents excessive heat loss because little of the water warmed inside the suit escapes from the suit to be replaced by cold water, a process referred to as “flushing”.

Scuba Diving Suit

If you are wondering what to consider first when choosing a diving suit, it is undoubtedly the fit. Proper fit is critical for warmth. A diving suit that is too loose will allow a large amount of water to circulate over the diver’s skin, taking up body heat. 

A suit that is too tight is very uncomfortable and can impair circulation at the neck, a very dangerous condition which can cause blackouts. 

Finding the perfect fit is not that easy when it comes to diving suits. 

Most brands have common sizes of wetsuits that fit divers of average build. This becomes an issue when buying, as well as renting diving suits. For this reason, many divers choose to have wetsuits custom-tailored instead of buying them “off the rack”. Many companies offer this service and the cost is often comparable to an off-the-rack diving suit.

Wetsuits Diving

Wetsuits are limited in their ability to preserve warmth by three factors: the wearer is still exposed to some water, the suit is compressed by the ambient pressure, reducing effectiveness at depth, and the insulating neoprene can only be made to a certain thickness before it becomes impractical to do and wear. 

Scuba Clothing Material

The thickest commercially available wetsuits are usually 10 mm thick. Other common thicknesses are 7 mm, 5 mm, 3 mm, and 1 mm. A 1 mm suit provides very little warmth and is usually considered a dive skin, rather than a wetsuit. Wetsuits can be made using more than one thickness of neoprene, to put the most thickness where it will be most effective in keeping the diver warm. 

A similar effect can be achieved by layering scuba wetsuits of different coverage. Some makes of neoprene are softer, lighter and more compressible than the others for the same thickness, and are more suitable for wetsuits for non-diving purposes as they will compress and lose their insulating value more quickly under pressure, though they are more comfortable for surface sports because they are more flexible and allow more freedom of movement.

Dive wear also includes gloves, boots and other dive accessories.

Browse through our catalog today to choose the right diving suit for you!