Wet suits are designed to insulate a divers body while scuba diving in colder water. Before selecting a wetsuit, there are several factors to consider to make sure you get the best wet suit for you. First of all, determine your needs. Once you determine your needs, you can start looking for a wet suit that meets those needs. There are many types of wetsuits. For optimal diving, it is very important to find a wet suit that best suits you. At TommyDSports, we have wet suits to meet all of our customers needs. We have many different style of wet suits and several different thicknesses for all temperatures. We are also the only online scuba diving store that carries plus size wetsuits for the big and tall with sizes up to 6x and with our exchange policy, you never have to worry about a wetsuit not fitting correctly! The ever growing sport of Gold Mining / Gold Dredging has led to TommyDsports developing many wetsuits that with strong knees and elbows to increase the safety while in the many rock based rivers and ponds that our Gold Mining and metal detector customers populate. JUST ANNOUNCED IN SCUBA SPECIAL ON LINE NOVEMBER 20, 2009 THAT TOMMYDSPORTS IS RECORDED AS THE NUMBER 1 SCUBA GEAR COMPANY FOR VALUE, PRICE AND QUALITY OFFERING SIZES FROM SMALL TO THE PLUS SIZE OF 6X, thank you from our staff.