In preparation for studying the hydrolytic degradation of Estane(R) 5703 and related poly(ester urethane) elastomers, the absorption (solubility) and diffusion of water in these polymers have been examined experimentally and modeled theoretically. Weight gain and loss experiments have been carried out. The amount of water absorbed per gram of sample was linear at low relative humidities (RHs) but curved upward at higher RHs. This curvature was not fit by Henry's law or the Flory-Huggins equation but was easily fit by a water-cluster model. Diffusion coefficients were determined by fitting the time dependence of the sample weights, and the diffusion appeared Fickian to within experimental uncertainty. The similarity of related polymers was used to determine the approximate temperature dependence of the absorption.