Wetsuits for beginners

Wetsuit for summer or winter! Back-zip or front-zip? With hood or without? From 1mm neoprene to a 6/5mm winter wetsuit with integrated hood, there are many options to choose from.

Shorty

Shortys have long or short arms and short legs. Shortys are for summer months or warmer temperatures.

Full suit

Full suit wetsuits have long arms and long legs and are most common types of wetsuits.

Hooded suit

Full suit with integrated hood: These wetsuits are for winter.

Thermo layers

There are different types of thermo layers that can be worn separately, under or over a wetsuit.

Neoprene Accessories

These are crucial to extend your season. Add boots first, as your feet are always in the cold water followed by adding thermo layers with a hood and lastly gloves.

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A wetsuit that is indicated as a 4/3 has 4mm of neoprene at the upper body and 3mm at the extremities. The material is thinner at your elbows and legs to offer you more freedom of movement.

The thickness of a wetsuit is the major factor that determines how warm a wetsuit is. See our Kitemana Wetsuit Guide chart below for recommended thicknesses and neoprene accessories – the colder the water, the thicker the material!

This table just serves as an orientation and the ideal thicknesses might vary 1-2mm from the recommendation above due to wind chillfs-bigger , yhalfactivity level, length of your sessions and individual sensitivity.

Wetsuits come in regular US sizes like M (medium). However, where normal clothing is looser and therefore has a wider fit, a wetsuit should really fit like a glove. For this reason additional length measures have been developed like MT or MS (medium tall or medium short). You will find size charts to each wetsuit on the product pages in our online shop.

• Rinse it with cold, fresh water after each session.
• Do not dry your wetsuit in direct sun light.
• Dry your wetsuit inside out.
• Store it nicely on a wide hanger. Preferable with arms and legs down.
• Hand wash once a year with wetsuit shampoo.