NEW SEAS U-ZIP WETSUIT
New Seas Wetsuits: The Best Zip You'll Ever Climb Into
Most wetsuits make you earn it. The New Seas doesn't. Its Axxe U-Zip runs shoulder to shoulder instead of straight down the chest, so the whole front opens up wide. You step in, zip it shut, and you're paddling out while everyone else is still wrestling an armhole in the parking lot. Easier on, easier off, and a lot less rubber bunched around your neck, shoulders and arms, so nothing fights you on the paddle or the pop-up.
Under the clever entry sits a properly warm, properly stretchy suit. Feather-Foam Japanese limestone neoprene, anatomically engineered 3D body paneling, and a U that seals flat from shoulder to shoulder so the cold stays where it belongs. Born from the Vissla x Axxe partnership. Fair warning: this might be the best suit you'll ever own. Meet the rest of the mens wetsuits family.
Vissla New Seas U-Zip Wetsuits: The Zip, Done Right
Here's the pitch. Instead of a chest zip or a back zip, the New Seas wears the Axxe U-Zip, a zip that runs in a U-shape from shoulder to shoulder. That is a much bigger opening than a chest zip, which is exactly the point. The suit goes on and comes off without the usual parking-lot wrestling match, and there is far less rubber stacked around your neck, shoulders and arms, so your paddle stays free. Pull the U shut and it seals flat across the shoulders and chest, locking out flush. Chest-zip warmth and seal, a fraction of the struggle.
U-Zip vs Chest Zip vs Back Zip
A back zip opens at the spine. Fastest to do solo, but the neck can flush. A chest zip seals across the chest and keeps cold water out, but it is a smaller opening and a proper fight to get on alone. The U-Zip keeps that across-the-chest seal and runs the zip shoulder to shoulder for a much wider way in. Easier on and off than any chest zip, freer through the shoulders and arms, with the same flush-blocking seal once it is closed. All of the warmth, none of the wrestling.
New Seas Thicknesses
- New Seas 2/2mm (Spring and Short Sleeve): Water 62 to 68°F. California spring through fall. The light U-Zip option for warmer water and longer days.
- New Seas 3/2mm Full: Water 56 to 65°F. The everyday California full suit, U-Zip and all.
Why You'll Keep Reaching For It
- The U-Zip Entry: A U-shaped zip from shoulder to shoulder. Bigger opening, easier in and out than any chest zip, sealed tight against flushing.
- Freedom Up Top: Minimal rubber around the neck, shoulders and arms for a freer paddle and a full range of motion.
- 3D Body Paneling: Anatomically engineered panels with minimal seams, built to move when you do.
- Feather-Foam Limestone Neoprene: Japanese limestone based foam with recycled oyster shells, recycled rubber and eco-carbon black, laminated with solvent-free, water-based AquaA from Bluesign approved mills.
- Sealed and Warm: Triple-glued, blind-stitched seams, Neo 3.0 tape, liquid-tape cuffs, glideskin neck and a Thermal Fever Fiber lining that dries fast.
- 1 Year Warranty: Full seam and neoprene coverage, same as every Vissla wetsuit.
We will say it plainly: this might be the best suit you will ever own. Still weighing your options? The Wetsuit Comparison lays out every entry type. Dial in the temps with the Wetsuit Guide, and check the Size Guide before you commit.
