AfterDark
Contributor
I agree with GOG and Crush, don't use ankle weights not even to start out with. Why anybody would want to add weights to your their feet is beyond me.
Also don't add too much air to your suit, only enough to eliminate the squeeze. I also leave the valve open, to vent I simply roll to the right.
I can tell you why. My rock boots float like corks! I put them in a pool, it took two 8oz sinkers in each boot to make them neutral. Without the ankle weights when I try to surface swim, (we rock hoppers do that alot) my feet/fins float to the surface and instead of being propelled forward I'm pushed head 1st underwater until my snorkel is submerged. That's with a 94lb lift wing fully inflated, half inflated, mostly deflated doesn't matter. So it's ankle weights, sinkers stuck in my boots or surface swim on my back. I took 2 lbs off my belt my trim is good and I can surface swim face down and be able to see where I'm going. So what's wrong with that?