by Paul Garnett

Wetsuits prevent you from suffering hypothermia when you want to play outdoors with your surfboard or wakeboard during cold days. You may want to choose wetsuits made for a specific water sport or you may want to choose one with an attractive design, but it also pays to know what are the materials that wetsuits are made of, so you will know what is suitable for your comfort.

An artificially made flexible rubber called Neoprene is the primary material in wetsuits. It was discovered in the 1930s and has been used in wetsuit manufacturing. In the present, Neoprene is combined with other materials to make wetsuits more comfortable and more flexible to meet the demands of water sports enthusiasts.

The surface of the suit can be smooth, waterproofed rubber or skin, coated or laminated with nylon or polyester. The main material, Neoprene is designed to fit around the body to prevent cold water to penetrate, and different thickness of wetsuits are available depending how warm or the cold is the water.

Neoprene in wetsuits is usually classified depending on the quality. It can be the standard neoprene, super stretch neoprene or the super stretch water repellant neoprene. Wetsuits that have super stretch Neoprene are usually priced differently according to the percentage of that type of neoprene on it. If you are looking for a wetsuit for a specific water sport, it is good to check what wetsuits are made of before buying.

30 percent Super Stretch. A wetsuit that is 30% super stretch neoprene usually covers only the shoulders, the back and the arms, and this is usually less expensive. A surfing wetsuit usually requires at least 30% Super Stretch Neoprene. More experienced surfers however prefer suits with 60 or 100% Super Stretch neoprene. In a recreational swimming wetsuit, a standard neoprene or 30% stretch can do.

Wetsuits with 60% super stretch neoprene cost more than wetsuits having 30 percent neoprene. Super stretch neoprene is usually placed in the back area of the suit, the thighs and the shoulders and arms. Other parts of the wetsuit are made from standard neoprene.

100 percent Super Stretch. If the entire wetsuit is made from pure super stretch neoprene, it usually cost the highest, but will also give you the most flexible fit and weighs a little lighter than the two.

Most wetsuits have zippers for ease of getting into the suit. In some types of wetsuits, especially those that are very flexible, zippers are eliminated. This also eliminates the problem of cold water getting into the tiny openings in the zipper.

Whether you are choosing a wetsuit for surfing or scuba diving, getting one would surely be easy if you will know from what materials make up a comfortable wetsuit.

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by Paul Garnett

A triathlon wetsuit, wakeboarding wetsuit, scuba diving wetsuit, or a surfing wetsuit is designed to keep your body warm. Have you ever wondered how wetsuits keep you warm in cold waters?

Hypothermia is a condition where body temperature drops to a certain level that body functioning is impaired. When submerged in water, your body is at more risk of suffering from hypothermia, thus wetsuits are made to primarily protect you from this fatal condition.

There may be slight differences in a triathlon wetsuit from a wakeboarding wetsuit, but their main purpose is to protect you from hypothermia.

The main material in wetsuits that keeps the wearer warm is a waterproofed material called Neoprene. It is a synthetic type of rubber that is filled with small nitrogen gas bubbles that keeps the body warm.

When you are in the cold waters, a little amount of water enters your suit from its openings. When the body warms this water, this will in return protect the body from the cold waters outside. It is important though that this thin layer of water is maintained and no other cold water enters the suit because this will deplete your body heat.

Some suits like surfing wetsuits have thin copper or titanium metal on them to trap body heat even more and this makes the suit even warmer than the common ones.

It is important to note that whatever advance features your wetsuit may have, if it does not perfectly fit you, it will not work out effectively in protecting you from the cold. A loose wetsuit may allow cold water flowing in and out of the suit, which will deplete body heat than preserve it.

If there are areas in your wetsuit that does not fit snugly on your skin, you will likely have a wetsuit that will not work properly later, defeating its purpose. The seams and the areas along the zipper should also be kept secured so cold water could not seep into them.

In the end, a wakeboarding wetsuit, a triathlon wetsuit, or a surfing wetsuit may differ a bit in its flexibility and fabric but the mechanism on how wetsuits keep you warm in the ocean are all the same.

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