I feel your pain. I had a similar incident a few years ago.
I was just getting into diving with double cylinders, and I kept getting my face planted into the mud by the heavy tanks. I could not keep my head up without constantly working and fighting. I tried everything I could, but couldn't make it work. I got so frustrated I wanted to stop diving a few times.
My mentor's advice: "Relax and dive more."
I could have killed him. How can you relax when you're always fighting your trim and buoyancy? I thought diving was supposed to be fun?
Nonetheless, I kept at it. One day, I was diving with doubles and about an hour into the dive I realized that I wasn't having any problems with trim or buoyancy. My problems had vanished.
So I recommend that you persevere and "dive more."
It will come to you. You will learn control. It's kinda like learning to ride a bicycle. It can be frustrating at first. Crash, crash, crash. Then one day - BINGO - all of a sudden you're riding the bicycle, and you ride off into the sunset.......
I was just getting into diving with double cylinders, and I kept getting my face planted into the mud by the heavy tanks. I could not keep my head up without constantly working and fighting. I tried everything I could, but couldn't make it work. I got so frustrated I wanted to stop diving a few times.
My mentor's advice: "Relax and dive more."
I could have killed him. How can you relax when you're always fighting your trim and buoyancy? I thought diving was supposed to be fun?
Nonetheless, I kept at it. One day, I was diving with doubles and about an hour into the dive I realized that I wasn't having any problems with trim or buoyancy. My problems had vanished.
So I recommend that you persevere and "dive more."
It will come to you. You will learn control. It's kinda like learning to ride a bicycle. It can be frustrating at first. Crash, crash, crash. Then one day - BINGO - all of a sudden you're riding the bicycle, and you ride off into the sunset.......