Fourth Element Xenos ARC 5mm Wetsuit - Men's

Fourth Element Xenos ARC Wetsuit - Effortless Donning with Exceptional Thermal Performance

Available for Pre-Order  - Expected Delivery January 2026

Engineered for the rigorous demands of liveaboard diving and multiple daily dives, the Fourth Element Xenos ARC 5mm Wetsuit delivers both effortless donning and superb thermal performance. Consequently, it is an ideal, versatile, all-round diving suit. 

Fourth Element crafts this suit from natural rubber, a renewable, sustainable alternative to traditional neoprene. This material offers a fantastic balance of warmth, durability, and flexibility, fitting like a second skin.

Low-friction, fast-dry linings in the arms and legs ensure you can get into and out of the suit quickly, even during short surface intervals. Additionally, Thermoflex insulation in the core effectively helps you retain warmth. 

Furthermore, triple-glued, blind-stitched seams minimise water ingress, which dramatically improves overall thermal efficiency. Ultra-stretch recycled linings allow for completely unrestricted movement. Finally, a combination of a Glideskin neck seal, Hydrolock wrist seals, and internal silicone ankle seals keeps cold water out.

What’s so Special?

Made to minimise our impact: Fourth Element has spent two decades building this suit using our deep experience and knowledge. The result is a suit that not only performs at the highest level but also looks excellent and meets their crucial sustainability goals. The Fourth Element Xenos ARC 5mm Wetsuit offers superior performance, whilst making sure its eco-friendly materials outperform traditional neoprene, all without costing the Earth.

Developed for Performance

The high-quality recycled linings provide radical stretch and comfort, allowing the suit to fit your body perfectly, like a second skin. Moreover, the material's compression recovery is better than traditional limestone-based neoprene, as proven in side-by-side tests over numerous recreational dives. 

This suit uses Ocena®, a composite of natural rubber and recycled car tyres, which resists long-term compression. This material is made from USDA-certified 82% bio-based content and combined with recycled linings and water-based glues.

Highlights of the Xenos ARC Wetsuit

• Made with Ocena® - a composite of natural rubber and recycled car tyres.
• Triple-glued and blind-stitched, watertight seams
• Thermoflex thermal lining on torso for warmth
• Hydrolock wrist seal on 3mm and 5mm
• Double wrist seal for glove integration on 7mm
• Internal silicone ankle seals
• Glideskin neck seal
• Smoothskin zipper pad to minimise water ingress
• Abrasion-resistant knee pads
• Cut away back heel notch for ease of donning and doffing

What makes Xenos ARC suit Oceanpositive?

Ocena® material is made from USDA-certified 82% bio-based content, and then combined with recycled linings and water-based glues to produce the Xenos Arc wetsuit.

Rubber is sourced from Forest Stewardship Council-approved, monitored plantations where the production of the raw material is actually carbon-fixing. The raw material is coloured and given additional UV resistance by the addition of recycled car tyres, keeping the suit softer and more stretchy for longer. This production technique also gives an overall 90% reduction in energy versus the production of fossil-fuel-based neoprene.

The manufacture of the material also reduces food waste and extremely damaging land use, by utilising the by-products of oyster production to make Calcium Oxide, which is traditionally sourced by mining limestone.

The suit lining is made using GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified recycled polyester, ensuring that we are contributing to the managed reduction of plastic waste into the environment, and the lamination of the material used water-based glues throughout.

From our experince the below size chart from Fourth Element is on a smaller side. We highly recommend erring on larger if you are in the midle of sizing.

SHIPPING:

We aim to dispatch all in-stock items within 2 working days but will inform you of approximate delivery times should any item on your order be out of stock or on supplier backorder due to current manufacturing or transport delays caused by global shortages and/or impeded production.

Please refer to our Shipping Policy and Returns & Refunds Policy for detailed information on delivery terms and returns.

Our current shipping rates are as follows:

• UK mainland orders £45 and over: FREE
• UK mainland orders under £45: £4.90 Fixed Rate
• Scottish Higland and Islands & Isle of Man: £9.90 Fixed Rate
• Channel Islands & Northern Ireland: £14.90 Fixed Rate
• European Union: £13.90 + 5% of order value (maximum £30)
• Rest of the World: £19.50 + 8% of order value (maximum £55)
• BFPO Post Codes: £20

INTERNATIONAL EXCEPTIONS:

For international orders containing weights, cylinders (excluding suit inflation bottles) and Suex scooters please contact us in advance before placing your order.

These products are not included in our global max-capped shipping rates and are only shipped outside of UK mainland after freight cost is calculated based on total weight, dimensions of parcel, location of delivery and the courier service used. We will let you know what this cost will be before processing any order.

All cylinders we ship within and outside of UK mainland are filled and tested on site before being emptied for dispatch. Cylinders shipped outside of the UK will be empty and will also have their valves removed, requiring reassembly after you receive delivery. Twinset manifolds and bands will also be removed and dispatched together with the cylinders for safe global shipping.

RETURNS & REFUNDS

We offer a 30 day return for any product sold under our Returns & Refunds Policy Please contact us before any return with your order number and date details. Receive our Returns Authorisation Form and instructions and enclose them with your return to expedite a refund. Detailed information is available in our Returns & Refunds Policy.

Email us at sales@dirdirect.com or call us on +44(0)1305 824 555

Note that all returned items are shipped at the customer's own risk and remain the customer's property until received by Underwater Explorers, so please ensure they are packaged well and use reliable postal services with tracking facilities. The goods will be inspected on arrival. 

Return postages are at your own cost and our outbound shipping costs (if items are sold with integrated basic shipping charges i.e. Free shipping for orders £45 and above) the UK shipping rate may be deducted from any UK mainland refund unless linked to a fault/defect claim. 

Please contact us with your order number and name before sending any returns to:

Underwater Explorers – Returns
Unit 1, Maritime Business Centre
Mereside, Portland
Dorset, DT5 1FD 
United Kingdom

Please refer to our Shipping Policy and Returns & Refunds Policy for detailed information.