costadelsol
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Hi all
New to this site and may i say what a great site it looks, sorry to start of with such a long winded question but I have just come back from a dive and it is really P***ing me off.
I need some help on buoyancy, I have recently passed my open water course and now I am on to my 7th dive (including the course). The problem that I have is that I am having big problems desending after I let the air out of my BCD, I deflate the BCD at the same time as my buddy, he desends with no problem and I just float on the top and go nowhere. When we have done dives from a boat I do manage to get down ok by pulling myself down the line, once I am down I don´t really have a problem, its just the initial desending. I have tried to do 2 shore dives and it is driving me mad!!!! and my buddy as well I think, but he is too polite to say!!
Now for the important bit that you need to know in order to answer the question. I am male - 6"2" and lets say a large build. I have 10 kilo of weight either in a harness or belt, I have tried both. My BCD is a Scubapro Glide 500, not the best or most expensive on the market but the guy in the shop assured me that it was ok. After the dive (well what I can do of it anyway) and I release the air and any water from my BCD there seems to be about maybe a pint of water in it, is this normal? I know there should be a bit in there but there seems to be more in mine than my buddys, could this be part of the problem.
I will go to a dive centre during the week and ask them about this but, was just wondeing if anyone here can help answer the question, before someone trys to sell me something else!
Regards
Ian
New to this site and may i say what a great site it looks, sorry to start of with such a long winded question but I have just come back from a dive and it is really P***ing me off.
I need some help on buoyancy, I have recently passed my open water course and now I am on to my 7th dive (including the course). The problem that I have is that I am having big problems desending after I let the air out of my BCD, I deflate the BCD at the same time as my buddy, he desends with no problem and I just float on the top and go nowhere. When we have done dives from a boat I do manage to get down ok by pulling myself down the line, once I am down I don´t really have a problem, its just the initial desending. I have tried to do 2 shore dives and it is driving me mad!!!! and my buddy as well I think, but he is too polite to say!!
Now for the important bit that you need to know in order to answer the question. I am male - 6"2" and lets say a large build. I have 10 kilo of weight either in a harness or belt, I have tried both. My BCD is a Scubapro Glide 500, not the best or most expensive on the market but the guy in the shop assured me that it was ok. After the dive (well what I can do of it anyway) and I release the air and any water from my BCD there seems to be about maybe a pint of water in it, is this normal? I know there should be a bit in there but there seems to be more in mine than my buddys, could this be part of the problem.
I will go to a dive centre during the week and ask them about this but, was just wondeing if anyone here can help answer the question, before someone trys to sell me something else!
Regards
Ian