Weighting - This Actually Works For Me.

[certified in 1976]

Very surprised but just tried this calculator and it is pretty well bang on for me. I have 3 mm, 5 mm, 7mm (one and two piece) wet suits and a dry suit. I punched in the numbers and the calculator came up either right on or very close for me in both fresh and salt water.

Give it a try and does it work for you?

Estimated Diving Weight Calculator | DiveBuddy.com

 

[Doby45]

It was off by a rather large percentage with me on both 3mm and 5mm fresh and salt with an aluminum 80. I do 12 pounds with my 5mm in fresh water and the calculator says 16lbs. I use 16lbs with that same setup in salt and the calculator says 23lbs.. I marked myself as a "proficient" diver.. I have yet to try my new Fusion Bullet drysuit but it scared the crap out of me when it said 26lb for fresh water and light weight under garments and shell drysuit..

 

[diver 85]

thanks......will mark that link......

 

[James R]

It's way too high for me across the board...as I expected.

The best way to determine how much weight you need is to do a proper weight check and dive with what you actually need based on that check, not what some website tells you -- obviously, right?

 

[Steelyeyes]

Heavy by at least 3 lb. for my 3 mil wet suit and at and 3 lb. or more heavy for my dry suit setup.

 

[dmoore19]

It has me 9 lb over weighted for a skin, 3 mm and 5mm.
skin=13 I use 4

3mm=17 I use 8

5mm=21 I use 12

 

[certified in 1976]

Wow. Its way off for some of you guys. I lot depends whether a body is muscle or adipose when weighting. As I'm 5'9" 145 lbs it would be obvious I'm pretty lean and not as many variables if I was 250 lbs for example.

 

[shurite7]

It was off quite a bit for me. During the cold season it calculated 22 pounds; I use 10 pounds. In the warm season I use 4 pounds and the website calculated 16 pounds.

I agree with James R above, do a proper weight check.

The website calculator is fun to play with, but not really an accurate tool.

 

[tridacna]

Wow. Off by by a lot. In the tropics I use 10 lbs in a 3mm full. (And that's prob 2lbs too much). Calculator wants me to use 17.

 

[ScubaJill]

It recommended I use double my typical weight.