Please advice me on how much weights is right for me?
I'm 120 lbs and wear an 8/7 wetsuit, diving in the ocean (New England, if it matters).
I usually wear 14 lbs. Everyone keeps telling me that's too much weight. Sometime I feel it at the bottom where my upper body sinks a bit lower than the legs.
But when I do the usual test at the surface (you know, hold a breath and see where I float), with 14lbs, I float at nose level. There were times where I jumped off the boat with completely deflated BCD + 14lbs, I still float back up without even kicking.
I've tried to go with 12lbs once and I literally could not descend. My two buddies had to pull me down. Once I'm down, I'd go around at the bottom for a few minutes and as soon as I took a normal full inhale, I started to float up. The whole time I could not take an inhale that lasted more than 2 seconds.
How do I fix this?