At least I'm assuming this may be my problem. I was, until recently, not diving with a suit. Since adding the suit, my buoyancy has been...hit or miss, especially shallow. I understand fully the concept of compression, but this seems to be a little odd.
I'm finding myself, at times, fighting to maintain buoyancy near the end of a tank AT TIMES. This is not a consistent phenomenon, but rather seems to be about 40-50% of the time. I'm leaning towards the idea that the wing is to large, and is trapping air. I'm also being forced to go vertical and vent from my inflator rather than a butt dump the majority of the time in order to vent properly with very little air in the wing. I've actually started carrying a little more weight than I normally would just to allow more air to stay in the wing...
It's a halcyon 40# wing with SS backplate and weighted STA. I carry about 4# more than that in my pockets on a typical fw dive. Saltwater weighting has been very hit and miss.....the last time I dove in cozumel also was the first time I dove with a suit, and when the problems I seem to be having started.
I'm curious if moving to a 30# or even 20# wing might not solve some of my air trapping and venting problems? I have ~35 dives on this rig, only the last 12 or so have been problematic, but then again I'm slightly over weighted with the STA and SS plate anyway with no suit.
I'm finding myself, at times, fighting to maintain buoyancy near the end of a tank AT TIMES. This is not a consistent phenomenon, but rather seems to be about 40-50% of the time. I'm leaning towards the idea that the wing is to large, and is trapping air. I'm also being forced to go vertical and vent from my inflator rather than a butt dump the majority of the time in order to vent properly with very little air in the wing. I've actually started carrying a little more weight than I normally would just to allow more air to stay in the wing...
It's a halcyon 40# wing with SS backplate and weighted STA. I carry about 4# more than that in my pockets on a typical fw dive. Saltwater weighting has been very hit and miss.....the last time I dove in cozumel also was the first time I dove with a suit, and when the problems I seem to be having started.
I'm curious if moving to a 30# or even 20# wing might not solve some of my air trapping and venting problems? I have ~35 dives on this rig, only the last 12 or so have been problematic, but then again I'm slightly over weighted with the STA and SS plate anyway with no suit.