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DivingD, Thanks for the advice (and taking the time writing a long post). I do know about the dry wetsuit at the dive's start and do breathe normally (no purposely deep breaths, as to even hyperventilate). I can't recall ever feeling heavy on a dive. I'm not prone to shock from any cold water having lived in the sub arctic.
Doby45--I will try what you suggest when I ever have access to a 15' platform.
So, today I was re-arranging weights in my jacket BC--totally unrelated to this thread. I amazingly by mistake left out 4 pounds, so I did the 2 dives at 39 pounds. These are 15-20' dives. Even on the second dive (with 1900 PSI in the AL80), with the suit not dry, I had to scull down in 5-10' to reach the bottom, then grabbed rocks to make staying down easier until I hit 15-20'. I thought I had lost some weights. Explain.
Doby45--I will try what you suggest when I ever have access to a 15' platform.
So, today I was re-arranging weights in my jacket BC--totally unrelated to this thread. I amazingly by mistake left out 4 pounds, so I did the 2 dives at 39 pounds. These are 15-20' dives. Even on the second dive (with 1900 PSI in the AL80), with the suit not dry, I had to scull down in 5-10' to reach the bottom, then grabbed rocks to make staying down easier until I hit 15-20'. I thought I had lost some weights. Explain.
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