Hi All,
All my dives so far (only 59 so I'm still a newbie) are cold water. I wear a 7ml wetsuit, a 5ml corewarmer and a 12 ml hood. I usually wear 10lbs of weight with that plus my bp/w (Halcyon Eclipse) and I think I still might be about 2lbs over-weighted, because I will sink during a safety stop with no air in my BC. My tank is a steel 80 though and usually not at 500 psi. More often than not it's 800 or more. Anyway I'm leaving for Cozumel on Saturday and trying to figure my weighting without the wetsuit and hood. I'll still have the core warmer and maybe a skin since I also worry about sunburn. I went into my pool the other day with that configuration (no skin) and no weights. I sank like the proverbial stone. I have no ditchable weight and I'm still really negative. Is that a problem or am I obsessing over nothing?
All my dives so far (only 59 so I'm still a newbie) are cold water. I wear a 7ml wetsuit, a 5ml corewarmer and a 12 ml hood. I usually wear 10lbs of weight with that plus my bp/w (Halcyon Eclipse) and I think I still might be about 2lbs over-weighted, because I will sink during a safety stop with no air in my BC. My tank is a steel 80 though and usually not at 500 psi. More often than not it's 800 or more. Anyway I'm leaving for Cozumel on Saturday and trying to figure my weighting without the wetsuit and hood. I'll still have the core warmer and maybe a skin since I also worry about sunburn. I went into my pool the other day with that configuration (no skin) and no weights. I sank like the proverbial stone. I have no ditchable weight and I'm still really negative. Is that a problem or am I obsessing over nothing?