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blackvans1234

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• Jun 25, 2011

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Natural buoyancy in fresh water?
With either just a bathing suit, and / or mask, fins, and snorkel?


1) Positively buoyant
2) Neutrally buoyant
3) Negatively buoyant
4) Never tried

I personally was in a pool the other day, with my mask fins and snorkel, and noticed that I was neutrally buoyant!

How about you?

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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With a full breath at the surface once I'm at 7-8ft I'm neutral. Any further and I start to sink, and higher and I start to float.
This is just with a pair of trunks on.

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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In 26 years of aquatics I've witnessed only around a half dozen people who were truly negatively buoyant and they were all competitive athletes at an elite level. 99.9% are suffering from fear of getting face/ears in water and simple ignorance of front/back float mechanics... which requires proper head position or the hips WILL sink, bringing the feet with them.

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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VERY positively buoyant!
for scuba, i take down about 10-12lbs more than another person my weight also wearing a 7mm

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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With a full breath: positive. Upon exhalation: negative.

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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RU4SKUBA:

In 26 years of aquatics I've witnessed only around a half dozen people who were truly negatively buoyant and they were all competitive athletes at an elite level. 99.9% are suffering from fear of getting face/ears in water and simple ignorance of front/back float mechanics... which requires proper head position or the hips WILL sink, bringing the feet with them.

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I might suggest that your observations may be a bit skewed by the fact that many people who are negatively buoyant tend to shy away from aquatic activities.