Weight adjustment for beginner scuba divers Featured

I have just had 3 uncomfortable safety stops while diving in the Caribbean. I have a new suit and refuse to believe the extra weight I put on over christmas now needs extra weight to pull me down. But its true, starting at 6 pounds I couldn't break the surface tension in the water despite emptying my lungs and being verys still. As an experience divemaster that woulkd be ok on the first dive and it was quite shallow and I accepted that I would need to keep swimming in a corkscrew around and with a negative attitude to maintain the safety stop depth of 5m for 3 minutes. A standard safety precaution of sport divers. If I had dived with tables I should be able to in fact not have to do this safety stop but I wanted to do it.

So each dive I have added 2 pounds and was perfect today except for the tank getting lighter and almost it was just enough at 10 pounds on the third dive !

So it will be 12 probably that works here in Roatan with my new full length 3m suit. The dives have been a lot of fun and its real cheap here and a great vacation.

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