grouchyturtle
Contributor
I actually wanted to ask this question a few weeks ago before I went diving with my new gear but...
Will being more horizontal in the water help you control your bouyancy better?
I finally got my own BC, a back inflate. I've only used jacket style before this. The first few dives with it, it seemed like I wasn't doing that newbie elevator thing as much!
It could also be that they were shorter shallower dives, so we had more air at the end of the dives than usual. Or maybe I just finally got my weight right and started to get the hang of it. Can it really just start to come together like that all of a sudden from one dive to the next?
I was thinking since one of the reasons you want to be horizontal is to make it easier to swim, because of less drag from your legs. That it would also help you accend and decend slow, because of more resistance up and down. Is this true?
Will being more horizontal in the water help you control your bouyancy better?
I finally got my own BC, a back inflate. I've only used jacket style before this. The first few dives with it, it seemed like I wasn't doing that newbie elevator thing as much!
It could also be that they were shorter shallower dives, so we had more air at the end of the dives than usual. Or maybe I just finally got my weight right and started to get the hang of it. Can it really just start to come together like that all of a sudden from one dive to the next?
I was thinking since one of the reasons you want to be horizontal is to make it easier to swim, because of less drag from your legs. That it would also help you accend and decend slow, because of more resistance up and down. Is this true?
