Gilda has over 20 years of experience in making tailored wetsuits!
We work only with Yamamoto materials that we order several times a year directly from Japan to make sure our customers have as fresh neoprene as possible!
Our customers are freedivers, both competitive and recreational, as well as spearfishers and scuba divers!
G & Sea was created by Gilda Hysaj. Gilda had worked for many years in the wetsuit industry before taking that first step into creating her own business.
Since then, the company has been handmaking tailored wetsuits for top freediving competitors, recreational freedivers as well as scuba divers, manufacturing over 200 wetsuits a year.
We pride ourselves in working only with Yamamoto neoprene and having a close relationship with the company, ordering several times a year to ensure you get the freshest neoprene possible!
Yamamoto neoprene is manufactured in an environmentally conscious way using limestone and is hypoalergenic. Check out the document here.
Here are some quick maintenance tips for your G & Sea wetsuit:
Yamamoto Neoprene
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Neoprene is a spongy material that can be or not be coated with other materials for various purposes.
When the neoprene is not coated with another material, we call it “open cell”.
Open cell is sticky so to wear a suit that is open cell on the inside (it can only be open cell on the inside, not the outside), we need to use a mixture of shower gel and water (see the video below). The benefits of open cell are that it is very soft and warm. It can be sensitive though so it’s best to be careful and avoid digging our nails into it etc.
Lycra is a fabric coating that can be applied to neoprene and can be found either on the inside or the outside of our wetsuit (or both sides). Its benefits are that it is very durable, easier to put on and can dry more quickly than other fabric coatings, but it is less flexible and warm than the open cell and takes longer to dry.
Smooth (or SmoothSkin SCS) is a coating that is non porous, hydrophobic and quite flexible. It is usually found on the outside of a wetsuit. Since it is a smooth surface, it adds to heat retention. But it is quite sensitive to nails, rocks etc.
Possible material combinations are:
Bear in mind that none of these suits are for more or less experienced divers. As long as you take care of your suit and are careful when donning and doffing it, it will last you a long time, regardless of your experience or combination of choice.
Important note: Your wetsuit is a hand made tailored garment created to fit only you extremely well. Take great care especially when putting your hands through the cuffs of the jacket and feet through the legs of the pants, as these parts are less flexible and are meant to keep water from entering your suit.
Watch the video to see how to don a Smooth Skin / Open Cell wetsuit, which is the most sensitive material combination.
Watch the video to see how to take the measurements and then head over to our form to send them in.