salmon_ella
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So my last thread blew up a little.... >.> but new question, new topic!
I'm very naturally buoyant. You know those games you play as kids where you try to see who can sit on the bottom of the pool longest? Yeah, I can't do that. I float right back up even on a full exhale.
On my OW dives I was wearing a 7mm Farmer John wetsuit and 7mm oversuit, plus hood and gloves. My instructor stated as a rule of thumb we should be wearing 10% of our body weight plus 15 pounds. I weigh roughly 110 pounds so was wearing 26 pounds of weight. On a couple of the dives I went down holding arms with my buddy and it went fine. When I tried by myself, I dumped all the air from my BC (I'm pretty sure) and exhaled as far as I could, went down about a foot, and floated right back up. The instructor had to come back up and get me. Totally embarrassing. *facepalm* My certified friend suggested "dolphin diving" headfirst from the surface but I have heard that isn't the ideal way to do it.
Do I need more weight due to my natural buoyancy? Or am I doing something wrong?
I'm very naturally buoyant. You know those games you play as kids where you try to see who can sit on the bottom of the pool longest? Yeah, I can't do that. I float right back up even on a full exhale.
On my OW dives I was wearing a 7mm Farmer John wetsuit and 7mm oversuit, plus hood and gloves. My instructor stated as a rule of thumb we should be wearing 10% of our body weight plus 15 pounds. I weigh roughly 110 pounds so was wearing 26 pounds of weight. On a couple of the dives I went down holding arms with my buddy and it went fine. When I tried by myself, I dumped all the air from my BC (I'm pretty sure) and exhaled as far as I could, went down about a foot, and floated right back up. The instructor had to come back up and get me. Totally embarrassing. *facepalm* My certified friend suggested "dolphin diving" headfirst from the surface but I have heard that isn't the ideal way to do it.
Do I need more weight due to my natural buoyancy? Or am I doing something wrong?