Hi folks,
Just returned from a vacation with some diving. Either my buoyancy control is better, or it is easier in warmer waters with a much, much smaller wetsuit. My lungs worked great for fine-tuning my depth.
But that is the problem. Diving in ~40fsw with a 3mm shorty, a nice deep, slow inhalation lifted me up practically out of the water, and a slow exhalation dragged me down to the watery depths. Or at least it felt like it.
I soon realized I was breathing faster and shallower than I should be just to minimize this effect. And when I wanted to go down a bit, I'd hardly inhale. Go up? Barely exhale.
Is this typical? I'm worried its a bad road to go down, since I am altering my breathing pattern.
Thanks for the advice!
Just returned from a vacation with some diving. Either my buoyancy control is better, or it is easier in warmer waters with a much, much smaller wetsuit. My lungs worked great for fine-tuning my depth.
But that is the problem. Diving in ~40fsw with a 3mm shorty, a nice deep, slow inhalation lifted me up practically out of the water, and a slow exhalation dragged me down to the watery depths. Or at least it felt like it.
I soon realized I was breathing faster and shallower than I should be just to minimize this effect. And when I wanted to go down a bit, I'd hardly inhale. Go up? Barely exhale.
Is this typical? I'm worried its a bad road to go down, since I am altering my breathing pattern.
Thanks for the advice!