princessaprilia
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Get a pee-valve!!
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One of my issues is floaty feet, which I have gone to great lengths to try to fix, but so far neither me nor a number of instructors have been able to suggest anything other than ankle weights to fix. Of course I get a lot of crap over this but say if you need something like that, just go with it! I did a bunch of uncomfortable dives because people convinced me that it was stupid to wear ankle weights... It might be but at least I'm comfortable now
Try not to make really sudden and sharp movements in your neck or wrist if you can avoid it. Your seals might leak a bit.
did ya get a pee valve?
Good Luck, I went back to the pool and practiced stuck valves and best ways to swim down and roll back vertical in the event of a stuck inflator. I found that slow and steady wins the race. Most of the time!
Proper weighting is very important! An extra pound or two may be helpful, but I have found most dive with too much weight and put too much air in the suit which can cause things to bad quick. Just enough air to alleviate the squeeze.
Other tips:
Start with a good "wicking" layer. Since you dive in an area that can be hot but the water is cold, you want you first layer to move perspiration away from the skin. Common to sweat a bit during the gearing up process and then the perspiration gets quite chilly in the cooler water.
Resist trimming one your seals just one more time. As long as there is good circulation they will probably be just fine after a dive or two.
Let me know if I can help, gotta get in the water soon.
Jeff
Get a pee-valve!!
The only thing I would add is to make sure at first you make any changes in body position slowly and of course don't put your feet above your head (not talking about frog kicking but about getting upside down to look under something.
Stay shallow until you have reasonable control of your suit. It make take a while to master it but at least you will be warm while you are doing this.
Oh, and about the p-valve -- I'm in COMPLETE agreement!
Betty; Go dive the suit. Just go dive it. You'll get it. As to the air-in-the-suit or air-in-the-wing, I choose to run just enough air to alleviate the shrink-wrap squeeze. And I use polypropylene undergarments to keep the moisture wicking away from my skin. But you? You'll dive the suit and figure out what works for you.
DC