what weight do you carry and what weight are you

[douglasville diver]

205 lbs
3mm farmer john
3mm shorty
steel 104
4 lbs in the back pockets fresh
8 lbs on the back salt
and i still test that time to time

 

[SStrecker]

193 lbs
AL80
5/4 full jumpsuit
12 lbs - front and back evenly distributed - integrated
in fresh water

 

[Azza]

wow, how to make me feel like a whale.

In my 7mm/5mm Trident semi dry, I have to wear 14kgs with BCD and 12l Steel Tank.

I am 6'4" and am 86kgs (195islbs),

And that only puts me at slightly negative.

Thats ok Brodie, I started with 14 kg as well. Unfortunately a lot of local Instructors tend to overweight their students to overcome breath retention resulting from nervousness, and or poor breathing techniques, instead of working a little harder.

Also as you progress with your diving you will relax more and drop weight over time. It's a neat idea to regularly log your weight for the dive in your log book and watch the change over time.

Also the Peak Performance Buoyancy class can teach you techniques to help you drop weight as well as give you the tools and tips to improve your buoyancy. Just make sure you get a good instructor for that course as the instructor makes or breaks the Peak Performance Buoancy course.

 

[AndyNZ]

Hi Andy. I dive a membrane drysuit with 300gram undersuit and polyprops. Thats why I need less to sink with my drysuit than my semidry. I used to take 6kg with my 3mm compressed neoprene drysuit.

Much the same as mine - I'll have to try harder to get some air out of the drysuit before diving to see if I can cut a couple of kilos off!

I might even get into my wetsuit for summer diving this year as I am moving back to Auckland at the end of the month and the water is rather warmer up there..
Positively tropical I am told...

It was about 19 degC just before I left for holiday - should hopefully be up at around 20-21 degC by the end of the month. Dust the cobwebs of the wetsuit....!

 

[pieohpah]

190cm => 6'4"
87kg => 190 lbs
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steel 10lit 300bar
dry suit -> 10kg = 22 lbs + ancle weights 1.1 lbs each

Alu 12lit 200bar
5mm suit -> 8kg = 17.5 lbs