Kevin Floyd
Contributor
so I just starting diving dry. I’m a big guy that runs pretty buoyant. In a pool, with nothing but shorts and a rash guard I still run a 5lb SS plate and 4 lbs of lead. With a dry suit I’m running 40lbs of negative weight. This last weekend we were drift diving in a dammed river so had to shoot a dsmb, we were 1 of 3 pairs on the dive and ended up being the last group picked up. I have to inflate my dry suit to stay buoyant at the surface as my OMS 32lb mono wing could keep me above water.
A) I know that using the dry suit as a flotation device is bad practice.
B) I’m still working on dailing in my dry suit weight but feel like this is probably a max negative weight for me
C) I know that in an emergency I can drop my hip weight and be under my wings lift capacity
D) should I find a larger wing? I know when I start diving doubles that the doughnut wing lift capacity jumps up but I don’t think I’m going to do that anytime soon.
E) I don’t have any buoyancy issues under water
A) I know that using the dry suit as a flotation device is bad practice.
B) I’m still working on dailing in my dry suit weight but feel like this is probably a max negative weight for me
C) I know that in an emergency I can drop my hip weight and be under my wings lift capacity
D) should I find a larger wing? I know when I start diving doubles that the doughnut wing lift capacity jumps up but I don’t think I’m going to do that anytime soon.
E) I don’t have any buoyancy issues under water