I have done my pool dives and I am going to do my ocean dives soon. I am 210lbs, with an 80 cylinder, 3mil hood, gloves and booties. At the pool I would have 10 lbs back trim weight and 16lb weight in the from making it 26lbs in fresh water. Towards the end less than 1200 psi, I had a hard time staying down, I was naturally buoyant. This made it very tough to do the excersizes where I had to take the BCD off and weights off and put them back in. I felt like I was rolling and floating in space because I did not have good footing on the ground. The instructor said to add 4-6 lbs for the salt water. I now have 20lbs in front and 14lbs in back making a total of 34lbs. My front bc pockets only take 10lbs each and my back trim pockets the most i could fit in was 7 lbs in each pocket. This is a wing BCD. I will not know if this is a good weight until the dive. Does this sound about right? Any other recommendations? I think being heavier would be better so i can do the skills on the ocean floor and actually get down during the end of the tank.
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.