Wetsuit for MN

[AandA]

I dive a 7mm semi-dry ;D.  This means I dive wet : :.  Most of the time I dive with a 1mm skin under my semidry.  I also use a hood and booties.  If I plan on spending most of my dive deep, or in Superior, or under the ice...I layer a 3/2 between the skin and the 7mm, I also wear a second hood, 2 pair of neoprene socks and double gloves ( looks and feels a bit like the Michellin Tire Man :o.  The nice piece with this set up is that I can wear the items independently.  The skin and or the 3/2 works great for the Carribean and above the thermocline in the summer.  The 7mm is good for general Minnesota diving. 

If you have the money a Drysuit is the option of choice for MOST avid local divers.