Starting Dry Suit

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I agree with LKunze but with a few options.

1: My wife went right to a dry suit for this very reason and I think it was a mistake. She never mastered buoyancy in a wetsuit so she doesn't have mastery control in the dry suit even after dozens of dives. It's just much harder to learn buoyancy and dry suit together. She is very happy in her 7mil most of the time. She bought a wetsuit after the drysuit so everyone owns both. The option, get the wetsuit and get good at diving first and get a dry suit next summer.

2: I have maybe 150 dry dives using my mountaineering clothes/fleece. Something like 30 ice dives. I use 2 fleece bottom, 2 top and a vest for ice. I stay as warm as my buddies and I have no problem with valve drills. It is a pain long term to remember all that clothes so I'm looking for the correct undies. The option, If you have quality synthetics they'll work long enough for you to learn how much insulation you want.