Dante 2mm Spring Suit

Like Dante’s journey, the path to making the most sustainable wetsuit is no easy feat, but if you don’t commit to the path, you can never arrive at your destination. The Dante with Ocena follows Matuse’s mantra of making products Ichiban (the best) by looking forward, developing materials and construction in the most sustainable ways.

Matuse’s Ocena Rubber is made with Eco Carbon Black additive recycled from post-consumer scrap tires in combination with water-based adhesives for fabric lamination, instead of conventional solvent-based glues. This eliminates Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) and maintains bonding strength aka the durability you expect from Matuse.

We skip traditional dyeing processes, opting for dope-dyeing yarn to add colour before yarn extrusion to save energy and water. To minimise waste, all of our trimmed edges from cutting wetsuit patterns are reused to produce more Ocena sheets that make our Matuse products.

The Dante with Ocena is fair-trade certified and is the next generation of responsible building that doesn’t sacrifice on the performance you expect.

Hydrasilk: Minimises water adsorption and maintains your suit’s overall shape memory, adding to its longevity. Hydrasilk is buttery-soft and located inside and outside of your suit, aka you won't want to take it off.  

Butterfly Collar Entry System: Matuse’s original design opens the neck diameter larger while mitigating water entry.

Oversized Knee Pads: Keep your duck diving knee pressure damage to a minimum with our oversized coverage.

YKK Vislon Zipper: Large #10V size zipper for ease of closure and prevention of salt corrosion.

Satin-Seal Taping: Silky smooth taping applied to the inside seams adds durability and warmth.

Easy access external key pouch: With elastic cord on side of hip / you don't have to take your suit off to access a key or other items stored while surfing.

Fair-Trade Certified Construction 

Water based adhesives: Used for laminating our Hydrasilk Nylon instead of conventional solvent-based glues and minimises Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s).

Eco Carbon Black: A recycled additive from post-consumer scrap tires that improves suit durability.

Dope-dyeing yarn process: We add colour to our Nylon before yarn extrusion, skipping traditional dying processes to save on energy and water.

Recycled Trims: All trim from cutting patterns is reused to create more Ocena sheets, to build more Matuse suits aka we make no waste.