Kokatat Dry Suit Options and Custom Sizing (Call us about the custom big and tall drysuits we stock)

The photo to the right is not a 2-piece dry suit; it shows a dry suit with a feature called an overskirt (the bottom of which ends with a strip of black neoprene around the waist so people often mistake it for a 2-piece suit). The overskirt is strictly for kayakers. It improves the seal between your spray skirt and your torso so less water will get into your kayak when practicing Eskimo rolls or paddling in white water and surf. Suits with an over skirt cost about $90 more than similar ones without it. Most sea kayakers opt for skipping this feature, and if your spray skirt has suspender straps then you can't make use of an overskirt anyhow. Kokatat makes two dry suit models with an overskirt, the one shown here is called an "Expedition" dry suit, which is virtually just their "Meridian" style dry suit with bells and whistles included that on other suits would be optional extras. If you look closely at the photo you can see a diagonal flap across the front of the torso. This flap covers the zipper on the Kokatat suits with an overskirt. So in case you are wondering, yes both the Meridian and Expedition suits have front entry style zippers. On suits without an overskirt the zipper is exposed (no cover over it), making it a bit easier to open and close.

Other optional features include (for pricing information go back to our Catalog page):

• Reinforcement patches on seat and knees are optional on some brands but they come standard on Kokatat dry suits
• Internal syspenders (to keep suit from falling down to your ankles when walking with sleeves tied around your waist)
• Relief (pee) zipper (visible below the overskirt in the above photo)
• Drop seat zippers are available on women's suits only
• Dry socks sealed to legs instead of tight fitting ankle gaskets -- choice of Latex or Gore Tex dry socks (on Gore-Tex suits or Tropos socks on Tropos suits) in four sizes
• Zippered pocket on the sleeve (you may order pockets on Left, Right or both sleeves)
• Gore-Tex hood (EXP model suit only)
• Reflective tape on sleeves (both)

Custom sizing is also available, call us for details; custom sizing is surprisingly affordable ($20 - $70 per adjustment)

We also stock all sizes of Kokatat replacement latex gaskets, latex dry socks, and the tools to make it easy to replace them yourself. See our Gasket and Dry Socks page for information on replacement gaskets and dry socks.