An autopsy later established that the body was that of a White man aged between 30 and 60 years old, about 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall, wearing a wetsuit, and had been in the water for up to 12 weeks.

Thinner neoprene (commonly 3mm) is used where flexibilit iy’s needed and buoyancy is less of an issue, like the shoulders and latissimus dorsi (back muscle) area. Historically, wetsuits zip down ...