NJScubaDoc
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What do different agencies say about guidelines for selecting the amount of weight to use with a drysuit?
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never heard of any guidelines, but I would say to try it out. It depends on what type of undersuit you wear, how big your gas bubble is when comfortable.... difficult to say.
I use my wing for buoyancy rather than my drysuit and so I use the same amount of weight diving dry as I do in a 7mm wetsuit.
cummings66
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When I dove wet I used 18 lbs of lead for cold water, diving dry I use no lead although if you count the fact I'm using a BP/W and it's plate I'm using 13 lbs now.
That's for a Viking drysuit.
In general it varies according to undergarment and drysuit construction.
That's for a Viking drysuit.
In general it varies according to undergarment and drysuit construction.
NorthernShrinkage
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To many variables to answer properly depends on suit type underwear type , with drysuit and shorts and t-shirt 18lbs underwear 22lbs 7mm wetsuit 16 lbs thats with a bare tech dry ( compressd neoprene) with my twins and steel tanks O lbs. basicly you need to dive it to trim it out,
This is even more volaatile than a wetsuit rule. Take a guess and start playing in confined water.
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