He pai te pūmau o te koti ora i roto i te wai, kāore e uru ki roto i te wai, he ngāwari ki te mau me te tango, kāore e pā ki ngā mahi ā-tinana a te tangata, ā, ka taea te whakarite i te haumaru o te tangata i runga i te wai. He koti ora momo-wero tā tā mātou ope taua. Ko te paparanga ā-wai i runga i te mata he rīpene taha-rua i hangaia ki te rapa motuhake. E whā ngā pēke mānu kua whakakiia ki te kapok i mua me muri. Ko te taumaha katoa he 1.5 kg noa iho, engari ka taea e ia te whakaputa neke atu i te 16 kg o te Pūmau, ka mau te toa kua oti te patu, ka mānu i runga i te moana, kāore te mata o te wai e neke ake i ngā pakihiwi. Ahakoa kua haehae te koti ora, he nui tonu te pūmau.

Haunga te whakaputa i te kaha ake o te pūngao, he ngāwari hoki te tautuhi me te ātete ki ngā mango i roto i te koti ora o te Ope Taua Rererangi. He momo koti ora anō hoki tēnei. Haunga ngā pēke e whā e pūngao ana ki te kāpok i tōna uma, he paipa pupuhi anō hoki kei te taha e pupū ake ana o te pēke e pūngao ana. ki waho ki te moana.
Ko te koti ora, e mōhiotia ana ko te koti ora, he momo kākahu whakaora ora, he mea hanga rite ki te koti, he mea hanga ki te papanga nairona, ki te neoprene rānei (NEOPRENE), he rauemi pupuhi, he rauemi whakaata, me ētahi atu. Ko te roanga mahi whānui he 5-7 tau, ā, ko tētahi o ngā taputapu whakaora ora i runga i ngā kaipuke me ngā waka rererangi. Ko te momo koti, he mea hanga ki te kirihou pahuka, ki te kōka rānei. He nui te kaha o te pupuhi hei mau ki te tinana, kia taea ai e te mahunga o te tangata e toremi ana te piri mai i roto i te wai.