CT-Rich
Contributor
You don’t want to drop weight at depth. I would say check what swimming off the bottom would be like if you had a complete wing failure, better to know that from the start. You want to know the worst case first. IMHO, once on the surface, you want to be able dump enough weight to remain at the surface with minimal effort. Being able to tread water in your rig for 10 minutes is a test of endurance, not survival. If you have to wait fifteen minutes for a pick up, ten minutes is irrelevant.
Ditchable lead is the most fool proof form of redundant buoyancy. If it is enough to keep you at the surface and you know what you can realistically swim up, you just can disperse ditchable weight however you like.
Not tech certified but this, I think a core safety issue. The DM was probably concerned that you didn’t have enough ditchables if you hat to wait for a pick up. He is the one who gets to answer if your dive goes sideways.
Ditchable lead is the most fool proof form of redundant buoyancy. If it is enough to keep you at the surface and you know what you can realistically swim up, you just can disperse ditchable weight however you like.
Not tech certified but this, I think a core safety issue. The DM was probably concerned that you didn’t have enough ditchables if you hat to wait for a pick up. He is the one who gets to answer if your dive goes sideways.