NickR
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Hello everybody
After hanging around and reading the excellent advice on this board I thought I was about time I had something to share. I did my 19th and 20th dives today, and I must say that they were both awesome! The sites themselves were great (I always enjoy diving off the Perth coast) but I found that my skills are noticeably improved over my previous dives.
I am finding it easier to control my buoyancy at depth and I am using less air. But the best improvement of all was being able to hold my 3m safety stop without hanging onto the line. I think one of the reasons for the improved buoyancy was because 4 dives ago I dropped 4lbs of weight, so Ive been getting used that.
Where to from here? Well I would like to try some better kicks, and sort out my trim, I seem to be able to hold a nice position while swimming, but on the stop I found it easier to maintain 3m if I was vertical in the water, rather than horizontal (which I understand to be better). Ill just have to keep diving, and keep practicing.
I had heard that it can take 20 dives to get to a reasonable level of comfort, well that seems to be true for me.
Cheers
Nick
After hanging around and reading the excellent advice on this board I thought I was about time I had something to share. I did my 19th and 20th dives today, and I must say that they were both awesome! The sites themselves were great (I always enjoy diving off the Perth coast) but I found that my skills are noticeably improved over my previous dives.
I am finding it easier to control my buoyancy at depth and I am using less air. But the best improvement of all was being able to hold my 3m safety stop without hanging onto the line. I think one of the reasons for the improved buoyancy was because 4 dives ago I dropped 4lbs of weight, so Ive been getting used that.
Where to from here? Well I would like to try some better kicks, and sort out my trim, I seem to be able to hold a nice position while swimming, but on the stop I found it easier to maintain 3m if I was vertical in the water, rather than horizontal (which I understand to be better). Ill just have to keep diving, and keep practicing.
I had heard that it can take 20 dives to get to a reasonable level of comfort, well that seems to be true for me.
Cheers
Nick