Lake Superior?

[Freedive WI]

Two of my freediving buddies and I just spent over 4 hours in the water last Saturday spearfishing. Water temps were in the high 40's and air temps were in the high 20's.

We all wore freediving wetsuits and stayed in long enough to fill the coolers full of fish. One of the guys plays underwater hockey with us and wanted to try it out. He brought along a neoprene drysuit to wear and it worked for about 2 hours. After that, he put on the extra 5.5mm freediving wetsuit I had along and stayed in another two hours. He was amazed that you could actually stay warm in a wetsuit and is now looking to buy one.

We freedive all winter long. I have also dove, in a wetsuit, in many of the Great Lakes. Both Fred and I freedive under the ice and you can stay pretty warm IF you have the right suit.

I am just using stock freediving suits right now, but plan to upgrade to a custom Elios suit in the next year. Fred has had pretty good luck with his.

Don't worry if you don't have the money to get into scuba diving. Get a good freediving wetsuit, a pair of freediving fins, and you'll be set to dive year round- plus have a LOT of cash left over for your next trip.

Jon