Wetsuit urination - should I pee or not!

In reality, there is no real health risk, because urine is actually sterile, the only symptom of wetsuit urinating in your wetsuit is the temporary warm feeling. However if you are dehydrated your urine can be dark and smelly, so your dive buddies may not take too kindly to this, should they find themselves swimming through it. To avoid this problem drink more water, because then your urine will not be dark or smelly because If you are hydrated, your urine should be clear and odourless. Even if you relieved yourself before the dive, you may need to go again when you get down to 18 metres or so due to the increase in pressure, your body feels compressed and your kidneys start to produce urine. You should always rinse your wetsuit and other dive gear thoroughly after your dive anyway, so there should be no trace of urine smell anyway. The reality is that if you do not rinse your wetsuit it will end up developing some rather unpleasant smells from the algae and other dirt in the water, and not from your urine!For further information or to receive a monthly e-newsletter full of articles and scuba related advice, please visit our online dive store. We also supply a vast range of scuba diving equipmentas well as overseas dive property & dive holidays.