Weighting fresh/salt water

swimmer_spe · Sep 7, 2014

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I have moved inland, so my diving will mainly be fresh water, such as The Great Lakes.

I was reasonably confident with my weighting when it came to salt water.

For the same gear/suit set up, how much should I take off due to the water?

Tony387 · Sep 7, 2014

Simple starting point...reduce weight by 2.5% of total weight of you and all your gear. For example, if you and your gear weigh 200lbs, reduce weight by about 5lbs when moving to freshwater.

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danclem · Sep 8, 2014

We are located in the Pacific Northwest, and mix lake, stream, and salt water diving. While the books indicate you can drop some weight, we keep the same weight in salt and fresh water without any problem. We are dry suit divers.

Just returned from taking a group to the northern part of Vancouver Island where we did a mix of fresh/salt water dives. Everyone wore dry suits, and people's weight ranged from 210 to 110, and BCD's included wings, Zeagle, ScubaPro. Everyone kept weight the same and did fine.

Good Luck!

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VA_Divers · Sep 8, 2014

SportDiver had a nice article on calculating ideal weight.

You our can find it here.

TMHeimer · Sep 9, 2014

Take off 5-6 pounds.

Agility · Sep 9, 2014

Assuming you are using the same gear and exposure protection start with the same weight for your first dive and do a weight check at the beginning (allowing for the weight of gas you are carrying) AND the end of your dive.

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