Controlling and reducing air consumption

[Sbiriguda]

There are several threads that are also about this topic (in case you want to delete this one and continue in another no problem). Though, I didn't find a specific discussion on this
I am a beginner, I have OW and I am now completing AOW
What advice would you give to control and reduce the air consumption during dives?
Thanks

 

[arew+4]

1. Relax
2. Slow down
3. Stay warm

 

[АлександрД]

4. ... and forget about air consumption

it is not a joke, but reality. When you stop thinking about it - it will better

 

[clownfishsydney]

Make sure you are not over weighted!

 

[scrane]

When you get your buoyancy under control all else will follow.

 

[The Chairman]

Stop sculling with your hands. You can't do that until, as @scrane pointed out, you get your trim and buoyancy under control.

 

[Sbiriguda]

Thank you all for the good advice

Here is a post by the Chairman I found which I will print and frame like a college degree haha

• Bad Trim
  • Great trim is the foundation on which true neutral buoyancy is built.
  • Horizontal trim is the "Scuba Position"
  • The physics of diving is just not that hard, but if you don't understand, you can't dive it.
  • The Buddha hover is a scam
• Fly Swatting
  • Divers often resist the Scuba Position
  • They scull to
    • Stay upright
    • Stop sinking
    • because they feel out of control
      • They are!!!
  • Instead, sculling only
    • Silts out the place
    • Scares the fish away
    • Creates more CO2 thereby increasing your need to suck air
  • Learn to fold your hands together.
• Going too damn fast!
  • Learn to Zen
  • Learn to Frog Kick
    • Flutter kicking wastes energy creating more CO2, making you breathe more
    • Flutter kicking silts out the place
  • Take time to examine your surroundings!
    • You'll see far, far more
    • You'll stay down longer too!
  • The more you exert yourself, the more CO2 you create and the more you have to breathe to get rid of it!
    • Relax
    • Have fun
    • You're already in paradise, so slow down!
• Learn how to handle currents!
  • Dodge
  • Duck
  • Dip
  • Dive
  • Dodge

 

[Sbiriguda]

Need instructor to work on buoyancy and trim

 

[ChuckP]

So much of the trim and buoyancy part comes with repetition, gradual decreasing of weight maybe, trying different things. I think you are hard pressed to get really comfortable diving every now and then, go somewhere and live in the water for a week. For me it was Curacao diving at least 4 times a day for a week, huge difference in dive profiles from beginning to end of the week.

 

[EireDiver606]

Just dive, and it will naturally improve