Skins & Rash Guards

Dive Skin and Rash Guard Buying Guide

Dive skins serve several purposes for divers. First and possibly most important they will protect the scuba diver or snorkeler from the environment when worn alone. They are great for keeping the diver safe from the sun's rays, as well as helping to avoid injury from accidental contact with the reef or aquatic life. Thicker dive skins or rash guards will offer some thermal protection with some having equivalent warmth to a 2mm or 3mm wetsuit, or adding some thermal assistant to the diver's wetsuit when worn underneath. One of the most popular uses for Dive Skins in cold water diving is as an aid for donning the scuba divers wetsuit. Nothing ever invented makes sliding into a damp wetsuit better than a lycra dive skin making it the perfect addition to any wet suit package.