TyTy
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Im a newbie (8 dives). My first 5 bouyancy sucked...bad. I was wearing 26lbs with a 3MM farmer john. Read on here about not finning when trying to go down, not letting breath out, etc, etc. Dives 6,7,8 were in very tropical area, I was determined to NOT use that much weight so I could take advantage of my air and have over a 25 minute dive.
So dive 6 I used 16, YEAH MAN! Bouyancy isnt so hard anymore! No longer did I sink like a rock only to rise like a baloon, SWEET! Dive 7 I used 14, Dive 8 I used 12. Each dive was my longest dive ever... YES!
So anyway, now I understand the ability to control bouyancy with breath which I can now do very nicely. Here is my problem/lack of understanding.
When I exhale I start to sink, when I inhale I start to rise... so how do I hover without holding my breath? I watched a DM hover 3 inches off the bottom starring at a lobster for a minute and she never went up or down, cant remember if she was making bubbles (should have paid attention to that).
So how do ya do that without holding your breath?
Bascially with my new found breath controlled bouyancy my swimming in a straight line horizontally probably looks like a nice even set of long peaks and troughs. When swimming over the flat bottom I breath in, go up a foot or two, breath out and go back down a foot or two. If Im not paying attention I have to take a quick, deep breath to not get too close to no touchy stuff...
Am I still overweighted? I can do the 15ft, half tank half breath hover with no air in the BC, what gives?
So dive 6 I used 16, YEAH MAN! Bouyancy isnt so hard anymore! No longer did I sink like a rock only to rise like a baloon, SWEET! Dive 7 I used 14, Dive 8 I used 12. Each dive was my longest dive ever... YES!
So anyway, now I understand the ability to control bouyancy with breath which I can now do very nicely. Here is my problem/lack of understanding.
When I exhale I start to sink, when I inhale I start to rise... so how do I hover without holding my breath? I watched a DM hover 3 inches off the bottom starring at a lobster for a minute and she never went up or down, cant remember if she was making bubbles (should have paid attention to that).
So how do ya do that without holding your breath?
Bascially with my new found breath controlled bouyancy my swimming in a straight line horizontally probably looks like a nice even set of long peaks and troughs. When swimming over the flat bottom I breath in, go up a foot or two, breath out and go back down a foot or two. If Im not paying attention I have to take a quick, deep breath to not get too close to no touchy stuff...
Am I still overweighted? I can do the 15ft, half tank half breath hover with no air in the BC, what gives?