
For surfing a thick wetsuit is generally called everything over 4/3 mm. 5/3 or 5/4/3 is still pretty standard. Then 6mm wetsuit is the top comfortable limit and I know there are some 7 millimiter wetsuits, at least there used to be. Bot are very rare. Are diving wetsuits thicker?
The catch here is also that when the water gets so cold that even divers need a wetsuit thicker than 7mm they usualy go for dry suits. And not wetsuits thicker than 7mm.
So there are not many of them, but we managed to found a 8 mm thick wetsuit that is mass produced. Then we managet to find someone that claimed that he had an 9mm Xcel wetsuit. And then we found someone who knew a guy who knew a guy that had a 11 mm wetsuit. That must be crazy to wear if it exists.
I'm not even sure if you can move in it :).
So anyawy - let's say that the fattest wetsuit out there is 11 millimeters. If you have any other data, let me know! :)
i just got an 11mm wetsuit of a mate
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