Dry suit

A dry suit is a type of protective clothing worn by scuba divers who are swimming in very cold water, such as in the Arctic ocean or the North Atlantic ocean. A dry suit is similar to a wetsuit, in that it helps to insulate the diver's body from the cold of the ocean. However, a wetsuit lets water to touch the diver's body, but a dry suit is sealed so it does not allow water to touch the diver's body. This means that a dry suit offers more protection from the cold ocean water.

Dry Suit Media

• Rubber on two way stretch knit fabric has an external surface that is relatively easy to decontaminate

• Membrane drysuit in icy water

• The neck seal, the zip, the inflator, a wrist seal, and the manual cuff vent of a neoprene dry suit

• Silicone neck seal attached with clamping ring—view inside the suit

• Silicone dry suit cuff seals with clip-on clamping rings: above—assembled, below—components

• Shoulder (rear-entry) zipper

• Dry suit with front-entry zip

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  Plastic watertight dry suit zipper: tooth and seal edge detail - the watertight seal is made by pressing together the continuous ridge along the middle of the teeth when the zipper is closed.

• Watertight and airtight dry suit zipper made by TIZIP, Germany: Detail of closed teeth showing interlock above and (not visible) below the seal edge.

• Waterproof zipper installed on a membrane type dry suit