i ve just bought a sea kayak wot is the best type of wet suit to use a full suit or a shorty?
It depends on what you’re doing. A wetsuit would not be necessary at all if you’re wearing a full drysuit, for instance. It also depends if you think you may end up having to get out of your kayak and be in the water.
A full suit has the advantage of excellent protection. Disadvantages are it gets too hot in the middle of summer on a good day. And two, unless it’s an excellent fit, possible chafing under the armpits.
The shortie has the advantage of no chafing under the arms and is cooler. You can supplement the shortie to suit the conditions eg fleece, dry-cag, semi-dry cag, dry-bottoms. Pretty-much anything you like. That’s not to say a full-suit would never need supplementing (they’re not warm when wet in the wind for example).
If you can only have one or the other, I would go for the shortie as it’s more versatile and have a variety of other garments to supplement it with. Personally I own a shortie which I use on white-water in winter, underneath a thin fleece and dry-cag.
Hope that answers your question. Happy paddling!
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