Did two drysuit dives today. This should not come as a surprise: diving in the UK in December is less fun than the Philippines. Water was 6 degrees celsius (38 degrees fahrenheit for you septics (septics means americans)). Wetsuits work by letting a thin layer of water inside the suit, and your body heats that water, and the suit keeps the warm water in. Drysuits are big bulky mothers that keep the water out completely. Latex seals around your wrists and neck. Wetsuit gloves and hood. You're really not cold until you get out of the water. It's strange to get out, remove your suit, and be dry. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to look at during the dives, some sunken taxis, but you're not going to find tropical fish or massive wrecks in a UK reservoir. The upside is that I now know how to dive in a drysuit, so I can do Rekjavik or some UK wrecks next month.
To come: I plan a diving trip to Oman, where my diving guide will find out I'm a Jew and give me a poisoned air cannister. I also plan on joining a diving club in London, because the motto of PADI is "Go places, meet people, do things... underwater."
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