Sharkskin boyancy question

[Marty Bess]

I just purchased a sharkskin suit and was wondering how much weight I can remove diving the Caribbean if I’m used to wearing a 2 or 3 mil wetsuit with 12 lbs of led, someone told me to remove 4lbs does that sound about right??

Thanks,

Marty

 

[Plungee]

I have a frog skin suit ( Probe Wetsuits Australia : Surfing Wetsuits : Diving Wetsuits : Mens & Womens Wetsuits) that looks to be the same design and I wear 10 lbs in it vs 12 lbs in my 3 mm When diving in salt water.

 

[lexvil]

I would remove 8 because I’m assuming you are fairly over weighted now, if using a major brand b/c it probably 2 to 4 lb of float.

 

[Esprise Me]

Removing 4 lb. sounds about right to me; it's certainly a good place to start. Do a weight check at the end of your dive with 500 psi in your tank at 15 feet; if you can remain neutrally buoyant with no air in your BC, you've got the right amount.

 

[Rickk]

Take a mesh bag, put the wet suit in it. Put it in the water, work it around to get the air out of it, Take weights off your belt or out of the pouches until you can sink the bag with the wet suit in it.

Leave that amount of weight, or slightly less, on shore when you dive.

Adjust as necessary so that you can be at 5 m, 50 bar in the tank no air in the BC or wing and be neutral with about a half to 3/4 breath of air in your lungs.

 

[chillyinCanada]

my Sharkskin shirt is neutrally buoyant.