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By the laws of physics: Pressure changes faster near the surface, so even a little extra air makes a large difference to buoyancy. The same amount of air at depth will make little difference (comparatively speaking). You may even be negatively buoyant at depth and compensate for it...

Congratulations and cheers!

I agree to the uselessness of the position and what other posters have said before. But to address the pain issue: Does your pain start under water, or several hours afterwards? The point is: is it caused by an overstretching of your eardrums due to uncontrolled depth changes while falling back...

Are you sure you are doing the equalization right? You should be equalizing very often during the first 10-20 feet, any time you feel any pressure at all in your ears. 11 feet is way too much to go without equalizing. 4 feet is enough to feel pain. 1 foot is enough to feel pressure. (Ear...

A quick note to thank you so much -- especially Pam -- for the awesome customer service! I've never felt treated so well by any company in my entire life! For those who read this thread, this is the story: The switch lock on my two-year-old Shockwave LED broke. The light was fully functional...

I'm a newbie too, so I may be wrong, but I'd recommend you also ponder the reasons why you are already thinking of ditching weights. Before you ditch weights at the first "bit" of trouble, you need to learn and exercise your ability to 1) prevent problems, 2) solve problems without ditching...

Try in Chorto (also spelled Horto), in the Pelion peninsula. I had a great time and great experience last July there. I can highly recommend Paris (www.divingpelion.gr); great fun guy both above and under water :) More than 25 kinds of fish, nice warm water, and well within the AOW capabilities...

Hello and welcome! I'm in Bonn -- practically a neighbor, also trying to find buddies in the area. PM me and let's see to arrange something.