Im go diving around mendocino with a 7 mm wetsuit from time to time, however my friend thinks its totally uncessary. I have not personally went to dive without a wetsuit, but does any divers here think it's possible to survive in the water for about an hour with no wetsuit?? I'm not talking about deep down diving, just about 10-15 feet but with body fully submerged in 52 degrees water (if even that) for an hour (abalone diving ). Thanks

 

before you attempt to do that, please write out your last will and testament.

 

sorry, i wasn't clear

I'll be going in my 7mm wetsuit diving for abalone, he'll be in his swimming trunks.


the water is 52 degrees, which is about 11 degrees Celsius and avg survival is almost 2 hours! wow...maybe he can do it!

 

That is time until DEATH OCCURS!! That is nowhere near the time until you're in an altered state of conciousness, your core body temperature is low enough to make your muscles unusable...

I hope you talk some sense into your friend, or have him fill out HIS Last Will and Testament.

Why do you think no one made the swim from Alcatraz?? It's less than a mile to the nearest shoreline!!

 

my uncles who i go diving with bet him 200 dollars if he stays int he water for an hour. 2 of my uncles are up for the bet, but here's the problem. He doesn't want to pay anything except buy them lunch if he can't do it.

 

depending on a persons body wieght, regular body temperature, and amount of movement in the water. If you are just treading water, yes you will get hypothermia in that temp. water. with constant movement, keep good blood flow, and have some fat on you, you will live. I used to body surf four several hours at a time here in santa cruz where the water is like 55-60 degrees.

 

Tell me this is a JOKE!!

Either that, or convince your friend that his life is worth more than $200.

If I were a friend, I'd do my best to convince him NOT to take up this STUPID bet. The hospital bills and the emergency care to save his life are NOT going to stop @ $200.

 

Nor Cal water is freakin cold!!! Wear a wetsuit. My Aunt and Uncle dive up there all the time, its definatly a neccesity.

 

he will get out before he gets any injuries. But reason he believes that the wetsuit is not necesary is because he said people swim in santa cruz, alameda beach, and sf beaches all the time, and the temp difference is only by several degrees. Poor guy just doesn't understand, i try to tell him, yet he thinks i'm lying to him. I've been diving for 4 years, and i used to have a 5-4-3 mm suit and that wasn't sufficeint so i recently upgrade to a 7mm and i can last in the water for about 2 hours before my body starts shaking. With my first wetsuit, about an hour i'd get cold and start to shake. Reason for this thread is i want to know if people has ever tried diving WITHOUT a wetsuit, i see people rock-pick all the time, but they only get their feet/lower body wet and not fully submerged.

 

he weighs about 150-160 asian dood, 5-9.

 

bring stuff (maybe his girlfriend if he has one) to help hypothermia.
As long as he isn't a stupid ***, he will get out of the water before it gets too bad.
If he is an *** prepare for the worst before heading up there.

Go here to see how to treat hypothermia: http://www.hypothermia.org/hypothermia.htm

 

that scene lasted about 10 minutes....then that dood died lol.