archer1960
Contributor
All my OW and AOW, and my first recreational dives were either from a boat, or a deep water pier, so I got good early at giant stride entries and then going down with the group. I know how to use my shoulder dump and/or power hose air dump, and just start drifting down vertically with no trouble.
Now I'm diving from shore, and while I can successfully get going, I feel awkward at first and it takes longer than it seems like it should to start going down. My issue is how to get the air out of my jacket-style BC when the group starts swimming in water that only waist or chest deep. Do you squeeze the air out of the BC with your arms before starting to swim? Or maybe go ahead and get horizontal and then use the dumps to unload air? Or something else?
Now I'm diving from shore, and while I can successfully get going, I feel awkward at first and it takes longer than it seems like it should to start going down. My issue is how to get the air out of my jacket-style BC when the group starts swimming in water that only waist or chest deep. Do you squeeze the air out of the BC with your arms before starting to swim? Or maybe go ahead and get horizontal and then use the dumps to unload air? Or something else?