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How much warmer will wetsuits keep you in cold water?

I do a lot of cliff jumping and the water is typically cold mountain water. Will a wetsuit keep me significantly warmer?

Public Comments

1. yes! to an extreme extent. ive used wet suits in many situations and they definitly keep you warmer. they help keep you above the water too, like a body floatie or something.
2. yes it will!!! i wear one every time i go scuba diving. when you first get into the water you'll feel cold because the water will seep into a suit, but the way that the suit works is that the water will get trapped in your suit & your body heat will warm the water up & itll stay in your suit & keep you warm. then its REALLY warm & youll be really glad you wore it:)
3. Yes a wetsuit will keep you much warmer. They come in different thickness. Use a thicker wetsuit for colder water. You don't have to suffer!
4. A wetsuit only keeps you warm after your body heats the water inside. If you are cliff jumping, you won't be in the water for a long time, so it may not help that much. Anyway, how much a wetsuit keeps you warm depends on the thickness of the suit. They come in thicknesses between 1 to 7 mm.