Can a wetsuit save you from drowning?

by **Millie** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:18 pm

Is a 5/3 wetsuit be buoyant enough to stop you from sinking?

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by **kitesurfer** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:35 pm

I can tell you from personal experiences that a winter wetsuit won't stop you from drowning if you get into difficulty. It will keep you afloat but won't necessarily keep your head out of the water.

KS

by **sinistapenguin** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:40 pm

If you tie off the legs and arms and blow it full of air maybe!?

by **RJD** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:44 pm

I dont think I'd make it into a 5/3 & then to the water before I collapsed from exhaustion so yes it would save me.

by **Sar** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:11 pm

no, absolutely not

by **Sar** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:12 pm

except in perhap some weird freakish happy accident

by **surferguy180** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:46 am

nope, but It does make you a little more bouyant, so it may help a little.

by **isaluteyou** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:05 pm

well its not gonna stop you from drowning but it does add some layers of protection - id much rather get dragged across a reef wearing a wetsuit than not. Im also positive my wetsuit has saved me from a few scrapes and cuts in the past almost acting like a bit of body armour

by **sinistapenguin** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:27 pm

except in perhap some weird freakish happy accident

That would be some accident!!

You mean something like you fall off and get held under, a passing dolphin happens to get caught in your zip cord, pulls you back to shore? That kind of thing?

by **flyingvee** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:40 pm

sinistapenguin wrote:
except in perhap some weird freakish happy accident

That would be some accident!!

You mean something like you fall off and get held under, a passing dolphin happens to get caught in your zip cord, pulls you back to shore? That kind of thing?

....or rescued by a kindly mermaid...

by **teaweed** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:29 pm

sinistapenguin wrote:If you tie off the legs and arms and blow it full of air maybe!?

What if you keep farting inside of it?

:lol:

j/k

by **Sar** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:51 pm

sinistapenguin wrote:
except in perhap some weird freakish happy accident

That would be some accident!!

You mean something like you fall off and get held under, a passing dolphin happens to get caught in your zip cord, pulls you back to shore? That kind of thing?

Ive seen flipper - Im sure it CAN happen! :mrgreen:

by **sinistapenguin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:16 pm

I met flipper, since the series got cancelled, he hit the booze pretty hard and became very synical.

Now he's all like "Shurfersh? Pah! (belch) they're all fleshin' hopeless, :beer:

I was catshin' tubes when I was 2 monthsh old, yer all crap (hic), :beer:

let 'em drown I shay!"

It's tragic, but that's the price of fame :shock:

by **phillwilson** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:00 am

for some reason in my 5/3 with 5mm boots on i seem to have overly buoyant FEET so no..if i wipe out and end up on my back my feet want to stay up above the water way more then my head..i am often thankful for the next wave in the set for pushing me back up and helping to right me.

by **robotspares** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:12 pm

eh?

kitesurfer wrote:I can tell you from personal experiences that a winter wetsuit won't stop you from drowning...

KS

by **billie_morini** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:10 pm

A: No. For example, recently an 18 month old child drowned when he fell head first into a partially filled bucket of cleaning water. Experts universally agree that no wetsuit or any sort would have prevented this drowning.

by **Sar** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:52 am

sinistapenguin wrote:I met flipper, since the series got cancelled, he hit the booze pretty hard and became very synical.

Now he's all like "Shurfersh? Pah! (belch) they're all fleshin' hopeless, I was catshin' tubes when I was 2 monthsh old, yer all crap (hic), let 'em drown I shay!"

It's tragic, but that's the price of fame

by **apeyape** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:02 pm

sinistapenguin wrote:
except in perhap some weird freakish happy accident

That would be some accident!!

You mean something like you fall off and get held under, a passing dolphin happens to get caught in your zip cord, pulls you back to shore? That kind of thing?

hahah i liked that

by **sinistapenguin** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:30 pm

I can tell you from personal experiences that a winter wetsuit won't stop you from drowning

And nobody has seen him since!! :lol:

by **T.I.** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:40 am

teaweed wrote:
sinistapenguin wrote:If you tie off the legs and arms and blow it full of air maybe!?

What if you keep farting inside of it?

Thank you for posting that! That's the hardest I've laughed all day!

Can a wetsuit save you from drowning?

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