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Tips for Choosing the Right Size Diving Wetsuit

Tips for Choosing the Right Size Diving Wetsuit

Przemyslaw Tarko

Ensuring that your dive wetsuit fits correctly is crucial for both comfort and thermal insulation during your dive.

Tips for Choosing the Right Size Diving Wetsuit

Ensuring that your dive wetsuit fits correctly is crucial for both comfort and thermal insulation during your dive. Read More

by Przemyslaw Tarko
New Front Zip Waterproof W8 Wetsuit

New Front Zip Waterproof W8 Wetsuit

Przemyslaw Tarko

Our Collection of ultra comfortable and warm front zip scuba diving wetsuits from Wearproof.

New Front Zip Waterproof W8 Wetsuit

Our Collection of ultra comfortable and warm front zip scuba diving wetsuits from Wearproof. Read More

by Przemyslaw Tarko
Recommended Exposure Protection For Warm Water Diving

Recommended Exposure Protection For Warm Water ...

Lauren Mogg

Recommended Exposure Protection For Warm Water Diving Planning on diving in warm tropical water? You may be wondering whether it’s worth taking extra exposure protection. But when diving in any...

Recommended Exposure Protection For Warm Water ...

Recommended Exposure Protection For Warm Water Diving Planning on diving in warm tropical water? You may be wondering... Read More

by Lauren Mogg
Fourth Element Proteus 2 vs Xenos Wetsuit Comparison

Fourth Element Proteus 2 vs Xenos Wetsuit Compa...

Przemyslaw Tarko

Two similar wetsuits, but made for slightly different applications. They offer the same neoprene thickness but differ slightly from each other. Here, we present a quick wetsuit comparison guide.

Fourth Element Proteus 2 vs Xenos Wetsuit Compa...

Two similar wetsuits, but made for slightly different applications. They offer the same neoprene thickness but differ slightly from each other. Here,... Read More

by Przemyslaw Tarko
Drysuit vs Wetsuit: What Do You Need?

Drysuit vs Wetsuit: What Do You Need?

Lauren Mogg

Drysuit vs Wetsuit: What Do You Need? Wetsuit vs Drysuit: What option will suit your diving needs? Both wetsuits and drysuits are designed for thermal protection to keep the cold...

Drysuit vs Wetsuit: What Do You Need?

Drysuit vs Wetsuit: What Do You Need? Wetsuit vs Drysuit: What option will suit your diving needs? Both... Read More

by Lauren Mogg
Wetsuit Variations Explained: Choosing The Best Wetsuit

Wetsuit Variations Explained: Choosing The Best...

Lauren Mogg

Wetsuit Variations Explained: Choosing The Best Wetsuit  Having difficulty selecting a wetsuit to best suit your scuba diving, snorkelling or open water swimming needs? Having many different wetsuit styles out...

Wetsuit Variations Explained: Choosing The Best...

Wetsuit Variations Explained: Choosing The Best Wetsuit  Having difficulty selecting a wetsuit to best suit your scuba diving,... Read More

by Lauren Mogg
Proper Zip Care on Your Scuba Diving Gear

Proper Zip Care on Your Scuba Diving Gear

Lauren Mogg

Corroded and saltwater-jammed zips are a nightmare that can easily become a problem when we’re not properly treating our dive gear. Let’s face it, our dive gear can sure take...

Proper Zip Care on Your Scuba Diving Gear

Corroded and saltwater-jammed zips are a nightmare that can easily become a problem when we’re not properly treating... Read More

by Lauren Mogg
Wetsuit Care and Maintenance

Wetsuit Care and Maintenance

Cath Bates

Your neoprene wardrobe needs care but tends to get sidelined by other items in your dive bag. Wetsuits may not have small working parts like a regulator or BCD, but...

Wetsuit Care and Maintenance

Your neoprene wardrobe needs care but tends to get sidelined by other items in your dive bag. Wetsuits... Read More

by Cath Bates
Apeks ThermiQ 8/7 Wetsuit Review

Apeks ThermiQ 8/7 Wetsuit Review

Cath Bates

There are very few wetsuits on the market thicker than 7mm.  The challenge for most manufacturers is maintaining flexibility.  Apeks have cleverly designed this super-stretch eco-neoprene suit with the thick...

Apeks ThermiQ 8/7 Wetsuit Review

There are very few wetsuits on the market thicker than 7mm.  The challenge for most manufacturers is maintaining... Read More

by Cath Bates
Can You Dive In A Wetsuit In The UK?

Can You Dive In A Wetsuit In The UK?

Cath Bates

Are you actually mad?? As an instructor in Egypt, I wore a dry suit from December through to April.  Whilst the water was positively boiling compared to our UK quarries,...

Can You Dive In A Wetsuit In The UK?

Are you actually mad?? As an instructor in Egypt, I wore a dry suit from December through to... Read More

by Cath Bates
The new Fourth Element Surface Suit 'Grown not Made'

The new Fourth Element Surface Suit 'Grown not ...

Alex Griffin

Brand new into stock is the Fourth Element Surface wetsuit, the first wetsuit in Fourth Element's Ocean Positive range and made entirely from a 100% plant based neoprene called Yulex...

The new Fourth Element Surface Suit 'Grown not ...

Brand new into stock is the Fourth Element Surface wetsuit, the first wetsuit in Fourth Element's Ocean Positive... Read More

by Alex Griffin
Best Wetsuits for Scuba Diving 2020

Best Wetsuits for Scuba Diving 2020

Tim Harrison

Read our guide of the best scuba diving wetsuits for expert help on choosing the right one for you.

Best Wetsuits for Scuba Diving 2020

Read our guide of the best scuba diving wetsuits for expert help on choosing the right one for you. Read More

by Tim Harrison