RonFrank
Contributor
Remember that your buoyancy changes the most in the first 33' of water.
You will also get heavy quickly wearing a lot more lead. So with 5lbs of lead you get about 5-lbs heavier at say 66ft, so a squirt of air in the BC. When you ascend to 10' you need to dump only 5 lbs of buoyant air on the way up. With 25lbs of lead you get about 25(-) lbs heaver at depth and that is what you will have to offset. When ascending you will constantly mess with the BC to dump that air. New divers can trap air and have uncontrolled ascents. If that happens then collect your thoughts and head back down to complete your dive.
A bunch of weight is a PITA but you get used to it. One of my favorite dive spots is S CA even if I dive dry there. Watching the sea lions play, diving in the kelp forests or checking out the Nudi's is quite magical even if the water is 49F.
You will also get heavy quickly wearing a lot more lead. So with 5lbs of lead you get about 5-lbs heavier at say 66ft, so a squirt of air in the BC. When you ascend to 10' you need to dump only 5 lbs of buoyant air on the way up. With 25lbs of lead you get about 25(-) lbs heaver at depth and that is what you will have to offset. When ascending you will constantly mess with the BC to dump that air. New divers can trap air and have uncontrolled ascents. If that happens then collect your thoughts and head back down to complete your dive.
A bunch of weight is a PITA but you get used to it. One of my favorite dive spots is S CA even if I dive dry there. Watching the sea lions play, diving in the kelp forests or checking out the Nudi's is quite magical even if the water is 49F.