General
Open Water Skills
Suiting
Up
In the discussion on exposure suits
you learned ways to avoid overheating
in your exposure suit as you get ready
to dive. During your open water dives,
you'll put this kno«-ledge to
use. Poor timing and sequence when you
kit up can cause you to become somewhat
frustrated, tired, breathless and overheated.Ideally,
you want to suit up so that you and
your buddy finish simultaneously. This
never happens, of course, but you can
time it so you're both ready at about
the same time while staying cool and
rested, ready to enter the water.First,
it helps if you checked and paeked your
equipment properly before the dive.
Start putting everything together, but
take your time and rest as needed. In
hot weather, cool otf m the water you
need to. Pace yourself with your buddy,
but be as self-reliant and independent
as possible, so you become familiar
with your equipment. As a suggestion,
prepare and don your equipment like
this:
