Hi, i have a Seac Sub Icaro which has a 16kg lift and i will be diving in UK for a couple of years from September onwards. Any idea whether 16kg lift is enough for a water temp of about 10 or even sub 10 degree celcius?
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This is not very good advice.scubamate:Are you planning on overweighting yourself by 16KG? If you are neutrally buoyant there should be "zero lift" required. As to air space compression of the wet suit, etc. Again, get neutral at the surface, then you will only be adding small amounts of air to the BC as you descend to maintain neutral buoyancy.
scubamate:Why? Proper weighting is a must. Realistically, you should not need to add air to your BC at the surface to remain there. You add the air to make you positive at the surface so you can rest and not over exert yourself, or to make up for compressed air spaces as you descend. Yes you need a certain amount of lift to keep your equipment afloat if you take it off in the water. If your equipment is 15 pounds neg, then you need 15 pounds of lift to keep it floating. (actually 16, 15 to be neutral + 1 to become positive)