Peeing and Scuba Diving

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by DaneMeyer20

I can honestly say i have never even seen anyone in a dry suit, how does the pee valve work?

An adhesive condom catheter (like a condom with a big hole in the tip where you connect a tube) connects to a short tube which connects to the outside of the drysuit. It's that simple.

There may or may not be a check valve to stop water flow, depending on the design. There is an external bolt used to seal off the opening.

Personally, I don't feel the urge to "go" in my drysuit nearly as much as in my wetsuit, where the urge often strikes as soon as I get in the water. Long dives can still be rough, though... I really need to get that p-valve out of my closet and installed to my suit!

[Makai]

I'm with CompuDude and thesmoothdome. I don't feel the urge to pee when I'm wearing a drysuit, but if I'm in a wetsuit I have to go the minute I hit the water. Hey, isn't that why they call them wetsuits?

[rumblefish]

I really try hard to not pee in my wetsuit. I think it's the number 1 reason why wetsuits stink so much. On my recent trip to Bonaire I managed to get through the whole vacation without peeing in the suit. Let's just say it wasn't easy and it seemed like I peed everywhere else but my wetsuit. Luckily, Bonaire has a lot of wooded areas around the different shore dives.

[thesmoothdome]

This sounds horrible, but I don't care what my wet suit smells like while I'm diving or at the end of a dive. I don't even care what it smells like on the way home from diving. I can't smell it when I'm diving and it'll get a good soaking when I get home.

[dive10killer]

I have never peed in my wetsuit. Luckly I have a huge bladder. I guess its from all those years sitting in a treestand Hunting.Holding it till I got back to the truck. I usually only go about 3-4 times a day.

[cummings66]

I tend to hydrate myself very well when I dive so I go quite often, especially in a drysuit because I know I won't have to do much cleaning. Just run a mix through the P-Valve tubing when I'm done and things are good to go. I actually drink much more water in a drysuit, in fact I carry those Capri Suns in my pocket and drink a couple of them while I do my dive. Apple Juice is my favorite, so yup, I'm well hydrated and go quite often since it's so easy.

[Wetnurse28]

That was a very informative article as to why we have to go so much in the water.

Glad to hear that I am not the only one with the problem.

I have not bought a drysuit yet but I am looking real hard at the
Whites Fusion Tech Skin (gonna add the pee valve to that)

[hooligan]

Originally Posted by Wetnurse28

I have not bought a drysuit yet but I am looking real hard at the
Whites Fusion Tech Skin (gonna add the pee valve to that)

That suit looks awesome. I hope I can get one of those sooner than later.

[Flfiremedic]

Never eat asparagras and pee in a wetsuit!

[cajunfla]

All these replys make me glad I live where the water is about 83F year round. Swimsuit and t-shirt diving for me!!