emttim
Contributor
Alright, so here's the scoop. Providing a teacher doesn't screw me over by assigning an exam right after spring break, and if he/she does I'm just going to push 'em down the stairs so I can still go, I'm planning to go dive the Channel Islands over a 2-day liveaboard (Diving Scuba Vacation, Channel Islands, California), I believe it's Anacapa island...anyway, I noticed that the charter offers rentals in either 72s or 80s as normal but also 95s. I'm thinking (well check that, /going/ to) of renting the steel 95 for the obvious extended bottom time and I'm wondering what kind of different buoyancy characteristics I'll be looking at? Will I need to change my weight setup at all? I currently have 20 pounds diving with a steel 80. I'm 5'5, will the 95 being longer be a PITA?
Actually, while we're on the subject...just out of curiosity, if I averaged about 22-25 minutes at 30' during my OW class, and about the same during the 3 dives I did at the same location after that, but then averaged 22-25 minutes at 50' and 60' on a boat dive I did last Thursday, is that a sign that my air consumption is getting down to a more reasonable level (since it should have been used up twice as fast at those depths), or just a sign that the surge didn't blow hard on the boat dive so it was less strenuous?
Actually, while we're on the subject...just out of curiosity, if I averaged about 22-25 minutes at 30' during my OW class, and about the same during the 3 dives I did at the same location after that, but then averaged 22-25 minutes at 50' and 60' on a boat dive I did last Thursday, is that a sign that my air consumption is getting down to a more reasonable level (since it should have been used up twice as fast at those depths), or just a sign that the surge didn't blow hard on the boat dive so it was less strenuous?