sam1
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I keep track of my air consumption (i.e., SAC) on every dive. (I’m funny that way.) Although my SAC on local dives in cold water (in a drysuit) continues to decline (albeit slowly at this point), on a warm water (wetsuit) dive trip this summer, I was surprised to see that my SAC had increased from previous warm water dives. And this higher SAC was in evidence on my subsequent warm water dive trip last week. Then in dawned on me that my higher SAC was on dives where I was wearing pocket shorts on top of my wetsuit. The difference in SAC is about 10% (0.50 vs. 0.55 [and the difference is statistically significant]). I realize, of course, that there are many factors that influence SAC, but I wondering if others have experienced this sort of difference with pocket shorts or with other gear changes that would seem to have only a minor effect on drag.
Just added a graph of SAC vs. Dive number. Dives with pocket shorts look more like drysuit dives than wetsuit dives.
Just added a graph of SAC vs. Dive number. Dives with pocket shorts look more like drysuit dives than wetsuit dives.
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